Tritonium eocenicum Weaver 1905 (triton)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae

Alternative combination: Nyctilochus eocenicus

Full reference: C. E. Weaver. 1905. Contribution to the palaeontology of the Martinez Group. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 4(5):101-123

Belongs to Tritonium according to C. E. Weaver 1905

See also Dickerson 1916

Sister taxa: Charonia (Charonia), Charonia guichemerri, Charonia lampas, Charonia multinodosa, Charonia sauliae, Charonia tritonis, Charonia variegata, Charonia weisbordi, Tritonium centrosum, Tritonium newsomi, Tritonium pulchrum, Tritonium impressum, Tritonium buwaldi, Tritonium martinezensis, Triton buccinoides, Triton heptagonum, Triton cribrosus, Triton ovoideus, Triton oligostirus, Triton mississpiensis, Triton quoyi, Triton obscurus, Triton abbreviatus, Triton crassidens, Triton atavus, Triton connectens, Triton sexcostatus, Triton obscurus

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at UCMP 337 (Paleocene of California)

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