Lacunaria striata Gabb 1869 (moon snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae

Invalid subtaxa: Gyrodes insecuris Hanna 1924, Natica (Gyrodes) lineata Dickerson 1914 [replaced name], Sinum dickersoni Waring 1917

Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1869. Section II. Cretaceous Fossils. Part I. Description of New Species. Palaeontology of California, Volume II, Cretaceous and Tertiary Fossils 127-205

Belongs to Lacunaria according to R. B. Stewart 1927

See also Dickerson 1914, Hanna 1924, Marincovich 1977 and Waring 1917

Sister taxon: Lacunaria carrenoae

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Mexico (1 collection)

• Paleocene of United States (7: California)

• Cretaceous of United States (1: California)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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