Strepsidura diabloensis Clark and Woodford 1927 (true whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

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 Strepsidura according to B. L. Clark and A. O. Woodford 1927

Sister taxa: Fusus (Strepsidura) perlatus, Strepsidura (Eamesidura), Strepsidura cossmanni, Strepsidura ficus, Strepsidura gracilis, Strepsidura howardi, Strepsidura kerstingi, Strepsidura pachecoensis, Strepsidura pacifica, Strepsidura polaris, Strepsidura soldadensis, Strepsidura spirata

Type specimen: UCMP 31365, a shell. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 3577, Dry Creek, which is in a Ypresian coastal sandstone in the Meganos Formation of California.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at UCMP loc. 3577, Dry Creek

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