Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cerithiopsidae
Alternative combinations: Bittium alternatum, Cerithium alternata
Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1864. Description of the Cretaceous fossils. Geological Survey of California Palaeontology 1:57-217
Belongs to Cerithiopsis according to W. M. Gabb 1864
See also Schoellhamer et al. 1981 and Sundberg 1980
Sister taxa: Cerithiopsis (Alipta), Cerithiopsis (Cerithiopsida), Cerithiopsis (Cerithiopsidella), Cerithiopsis (Cerithiopsina), Cerithiopsis (Cerithiopsis), Cerithiopsis (Heterocerithiopsis), Cerithiopsis (Laskeya), Cerithiopsis aldrichi, Cerithiopsis andersoni, Cerithiopsis aralia, Cerithiopsis bolingerensis, Cerithiopsis calvertensis, Cerithiopsis carmenensis, Cerithiopsis dautzenbergi, Cerithiopsis diagona, Cerithiopsis discreta, Cerithiopsis emersoni, Cerithiopsis emersonii, Cerithiopsis excelsus, Cerithiopsis fasteni, Cerithiopsis gemmulosa, Cerithiopsis greenii, Cerithiopsis greggiensis, Cerithiopsis hauniensis, Cerithiopsis inopinus, Cerithiopsis jacksonensis, Cerithiopsis lechuzaensis, Cerithiopsis llajasensis, Cerithiopsis meeki, Cerithiopsis mekranica, Cerithiopsis nana, Cerithiopsis newcombei, Cerithiopsis orovillensis, Cerithiopsis palmerae, Cerithiopsis pedroana, Cerithiopsis punjabensis, Cerithiopsis pustuloclathrata, Cerithiopsis stantoni, Cerithiopsis stejnegeri, Cerithiopsis subulata, Cerithiopsis tubercularis, Cerithiopsis veatchiana, Cerithiopsis vilsundensis, Cerithiopsis vinca, Cerithiopsis williamsoni
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Mexico (3 collections)
• Eocene of United States (4: California)
• Cretaceous of United States (3: California)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.