Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Alternative combination: Nucleolaria cowlitzensis
Full reference: L. T. Groves. 1994. New Species of Cypraeidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the Miocene of California and the Eocene of Washington. Veliger 37(3):244-252
Belongs to Nucleolaria according to L. T. Groves and R. L. Squires 2023
See also Groves 1994 and Nesbitt 1995
Sister taxa: Nucleolaria bezoyensis, Nucleolaria granulata
Type specimen: UCMP 39837, a shell. Its type locality is UCMP Loc. D-8040 - Cowlitz River, which is in a Bartonian deep-water siltstone in the Cowlitz Formation of Washington.
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: Washington collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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