Cirsochilus gilberti Allison 1955 (snail)

Gastropoda - Trochoidea - Colloniidae

Full reference: E. C. Allison. 1955. Middle Cretaceous gastropoda from Punta China, Baja California, Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 29(3):400-432

Belongs to Cirsochilus according to E. C. Allison 1955

Sister taxa: Cirsochilus (Claibornia), Cirsochilus washingtonianus, Collonia (Cirsochilus) praecursor

Type specimen: UCMP 33425. Its type locality is Alisitos Fm. (UCB A-8317), which is in an Aptian shallow subtidal conglomerate in the Alisitos Formation of Mexico.

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at Alisitos Fm. (UCB A-8317)

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