Pyramidella mucronis Anderson and Hanna 1925 (snail)

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae

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 Pyramidella according to F. M. Anderson and G. D. Hanna 1925

Sister taxa: Pyramidella (Pyramidella), Pyramidella acus, Pyramidella conica, Pyramidella etheringtoni, Pyramidella fremonti, Pyramidella grateloupi, Pyramidella gratteloupi, Pyramidella laeviuscula, Pyramidella maculosa, Pyramidella meyeri, Pyramidella mitralis, Pyramidella preblei, Pyramidella slevini, Pyramidella sulcata, Pyramidella suturalis, Obeliscus zitteli

Type specimen: CAS 850. Its type locality is CAS loc. 244, Live Oak 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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