Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
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 Gyrineum according to W. J. Zinsmeister 1983
Sister taxa: Gyrineum (Aspa), Gyrineum (Gyrineum), Gyrineum bituberculare, Gyrineum californicum, Gyrineum goodspeedi, Gyrineum gwinae, Gyrineum gyrineum, Gyrineum jeffersonensis, Gyrineum kincaidi, Gyrineum uvasalis, Gyrineum verrucosum, Apollon morrisi
Type specimen: UCR 6899/100, a shell. Its type locality is Meier Canyon, which is in a Thanetian open shallow subtidal conglomerate in the Simi Formation of California.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Meier Canyon
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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