Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae

Full reference: D. B. K. Palmer. 1923. A fauna from the Middle Eocene shales near Vacaville, California. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 14(8):289-318

Belongs to Tornatellaea according to C. M. Wagner and K. H. Schilling 1923

Sister taxa: Tornatellaea (Ravniella), Tornatellaea africana, Tornatellaea bella, Tornatellaea cretacea, Tornatellaea effingeri, Tornatellaea gazdzickii, Tornatellaea globulosa, Tornatellaea impressa, Tornatellaea impressus, Tornatellaea lata, Tornatellaea matura, Tornatellaea neuquina, Tornatellaea regularis, Tornatellaea rosa, Tornatellaea simulata

Type specimen: UCCIP 30610, a shell. Its type locality is UCMP 3573 - NW of Vacaville, which is in a Ypresian offshore shale in California.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at UCMP 3573 - NW of Vacaville

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.