Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
Alternative combination: Pleurotoma decipiens
Full reference: J. G. Cooper. 1894. Catalogue of Californian fossils. (Parts II, III, IV, and V). California State Mining Bureau Bulletin No. 4 1-65
Belongs to Surcula according to M. A. Hanna 1927
See also Cooper 1894 and Squires 1984
Sister taxa: Turricula (Crenaturricula), Turricula (Leptosurcula), Turricula (Turricula), Turricula beanensis, Turricula bremertonensis, Turricula bulwaldana, Turricula burroensis, Turricula calafia, Turricula cooperi, Turricula emerita, Turricula eolavinia, Turricula esdailei, Turricula excelsa, Turricula flammea, Turricula fluctuosa, Turricula hanguensis, Turricula haydeni, Turricula kayalensis, Turricula keaseyensis, Turricula mclellani, Turricula nelliae, Turricula ochsneri, Turricula piercei, Turricula plutonica, Turricula praepromensis, Turricula promensis, Turricula rossellae, Turricula sethuramae, Turricula spuria, Turricula taurina, Turricula terryi, Turricula thangaensis, Turricula tornata, Turricula waringi, Turricula washingtoniana, Surcula andersoni, Surcula cowlitzensis, Surcula mayi, Surcula merriami, Surcula washingtoniana, Surcula culleni, Surcula iravadica, Surcula fairbanksi, Surcula africana, Surcula piura, Turricula (Surcula) steinbacherae, Surcula labiata, Surcula holwayi, Surcula marylandica, Surcula karenaica, Surcula wateleti, Surcula clarki, Surcula thompsoni, Surcula riomaonis, Surcula coaequalis, Surcula birmanica, Surcula uvasana, Surcula sullana, Surcula ingens
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at UCMP loc. 5051 San Clemente Creek, San Diego (Eocene of California)
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