Scaphander impunctatus Hickman 1980 (snail)

Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae

Full reference: C. S. Hickman. 1980. Paleogene Marine Gastropods of the Keasey Formation in Oregon. Bulletins of American Paleontology 78(310):1-112

Belongs to Scaphander according to C. S. Hickman 1980

Sister taxa: Bulla (Scaphander) elegans, Scaphander (Mirascapha), Scaphander (Scaphander), Scaphander alaskensis, Scaphander brevicula, Scaphander interruptus, Scaphander jacksonensis, Scaphander javanus, Scaphander jugularis, Scaphander nannus, Scaphander oligoturritus, Scaphander polysarcus, Scaphander radii, Scaphander rarus, Scaphander remondi, Scaphander stewarti, Scaphander washingtonensis

Type specimen: USNM 251440, a shell. Its type locality is Columbia (USGS 25031) - Hickman (1980), which is in a Priabonian deep-water siltstone/mudstone in the Keasey Formation of Oregon.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (14: Oregon collections)

Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence

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