Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Full reference: B. L. Clark and A. O. Woodford. 1927. The geology and paleontology of the type section of the Meganos Formation (lower Middle Eocene) of California. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 17(2):63-142
Belongs to Drillia according to B. L. Clark and A. O. Woodford 1927
Sister taxa: Drillia (Drillia), Drillia allionii, Drillia aquanica, Drillia aquansis, Drillia arata, Drillia aurantia, Drillia blacki, Drillia carruca, Drillia cercadonis, Drillia citria, Drillia cliffensis, Drillia coccos, Drillia cocosina, Drillia cristobali, Drillia cydia, Drillia daditrina, Drillia decemplicata, Drillia donalbertonis, Drillia dormitor, Drillia drewi, Drillia eburnea, Drillia gourae, Drillia harfordiana, Drillia impressa, Drillia incilifera, Drillia indica, Drillia inniadda, Drillia limonensis, Drillia limonetta, Drillia limonica, Drillia lithocolletoides, Drillia losariensis, Drillia manzanillaensis, Drillia mercedensis, Drillia moensis, Drillia musa, Drillia musacina, Drillia nitrina, Drillia orovillensis, Drillia papaya, Drillia pennyi, Drillia polygonalis, Drillia propefusiformis, Drillia protocincta, Drillia protointerrupta, Drillia pulcherrima, Drillia pyrenoides, Drillia riogurabonis, Drillia santacruzensis, Drillia squamosa, Drillia subperpolita, Drillia tempestae, Drillia theobroma, Drillia tridadina, Drillia ullreyana, Drillia umbilicata, Drillia waldorfensis, Neodrillia, Pleurotoma (Drillia) caseyi
Type specimen: UCMP 31267. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 3159, Deer Valley, which is in a Ypresian coastal sandstone in the Meganos Formation of California.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (5: California collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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