Exilia fausta Anderson and Hanna 1925 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Ptychatractidae

Full reference: F. M. Anderson and G. D. Hanna. 1925. Fauna and stratigraphic relations of the Tejon Eocene at the type locality in Kern County, California. Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences 11:1-249

Belongs to Exilia according to H. Bentson 1940

Sister taxa: Exilia alanbeui, Exilia attenuata, Exilia bentsonae, Exilia canalifera, Exilia clarki, Exilia contigua, Exilia crassitria, Exilia cretacea, Exilia diaboli, Exilia dickersoni, Exilia harrisi, Exilia lincolnensis, Exilia llajasensis, Exilia microptygma, Exilia ordita, Exilia ottnangensis, Exilia pergracilis, Exilia perkinsiana, Exilia plana, Exilia potreroensis, Exilia ripleyana, Exilia simiensis, Exilia stechesonae, Exilia taliaferroi, Exilia trifasciata, Exilia ucalia, Exilia weaveri

Type specimen: CAS 820. Its type locality is CAS loc. 245, Grapevine Canyon, which is in an Eocene marginal marine sandstone/shale in the Tejon Formation of California.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (2: California collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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