Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Full reference: W. J. Zinsmeister. 1983. New Late Paleocene molluscs from the Simi Hills, Ventura County, Califonia. Journal of Paleontology 57(6):1282-1303
Belongs to Amauropsis according to W. J. Zinsmeister 1983
Sister taxa: Amauropsis amoena, Amauropsis anderrsoni, Amauropsis aureolutea, Amauropsis caloramans, Amauropsis fetteri, Amauropsis hantkeni, Amauropsis islandica, Amauropsis jacksonensis, Amauropsis macra, Amauropsis martinezensis, Amauropsis notoleptos, Amauropsis papodensis, Amauropsis sanctaecrucis, Amauropsis smithiana, Amauropsis subhybrida, Amauropsis trinitatensis, Amauropsis tyrolensis, Natica (Amauropsis) japonica
Type specimen: UCR 6825/4, a shell. Its type locality is Meier Canyon, which is in a Thanetian open shallow subtidal conglomerate in the Simi Formation of California.
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Meier Canyon
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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