Platyoptera pacifica Squires and Demetrion 1990 (true conch)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae

Full reference: R. L. Squires and R. Demetrion. 1990. New Early Eocene Marine Gastropods from Baja California Sur, Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 64(1):99-103

Belongs to Platyoptera according to R. L. Squires 2001

See also Squires and Demetrion 1992

Sister taxa: Aporrhais (Platyoptera) extenta, Platyoptera extenta

Type specimen: IGM 5055, a shell. Its type locality is CSUN Loc. 1220 [Bateque Fm], which is in a Ypresian offshore sandstone/limestone in the Bateque Formation of Mexico.

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

Distribution:

• Eocene of Mexico (3 collections), United States (1: California)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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