Tegula jeanae Squires and Saul 2005 (snail)

Gastropoda - Trochoidea - Tegulidae

Full reference: R. L. Squires and L. R. Saul. 2005. New Late Cretaceous (Santonian and Campanian) gastropods from California and Baja California, Mexico. The Nautilus 119(4):133-148

Belongs to Tegula according to R. L. Squires and L. R. Saul 2005

Sister taxa: Tegula (Tegula), Tegula forbesi, Tegula marylandicum, Tegula masiasi, Tegula melaleucos, Tegula pellisserpentis, Tegula thea, Tegula tridentata, Tegula varistriata

Type specimen: LACMIP 13323, a shell

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at LACMIP 24337 - Pentz Road Mbr, Chico Fm (Cretaceous of California)

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