Calicantharus fortis Carpenter 1866 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Siphonaliidae

Alternative combinations: Cantharus fortis, Pisania fortis

Synonyms: Calicantharus angulatus Arnold 1907, Cantharus angulata Arnold 1907, Cantharus fortis angulata Arnold 1907, Pisania fortis angulata Arnold 1907

Full reference: P. P. Carpenter. 1866. On the Pleistocene fossils collected by Col. E. Jewett at Sta. Barbara (California); with descriptions of new species. Annals And Magazine of Natural History 17(100):274-278

Belongs to Calicantharus according to A. Hendy 2021

See also Arnold 1907, Carson 1925, Hall 2002, Hendy 2020, Hendy et al. 2008 and Waterfall 1929

Sister taxa: Calicantharus branneri, Calicantharus dalli, Calicantharus humerosus, Calicantharus kernensis, Calicantharus kettlemanensis, Cantharus (Calicantharus) califomicus

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (23: California collections)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (14: California)

• Pliocene of United States (6: California)

• Miocene of United States (5: California)

Total: 48 collections each including a single occurrence

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