†Metula (Celatoconus) vacavillensis Palmer 1923 (true whelk)
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Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Full reference: D. B. K. Palmer. 1923. A fauna from the Middle Eocene shales near Vacaville, California. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 14(8):289-318
Belongs to Metula (Celatoconus) according to D. B. K. Palmer 1923
Sister taxa: Celatoconus asheri, Celatoconus punjabensis, Metula (Celatoconus) reticularis, Pisania (Celatoconus) protractum
Type specimen: UCMP 30608. Its type locality is UCMP 3573 - NW of Vacaville, which is in a Ypresian offshore shale in California.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at UCMP 3573 - NW of Vacaville
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