Calicantharus dalli Clark 1918 (true whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Alternative combination: Searlesia dalli

Full reference: B. L. Clark. 1918. The San Lorenzo series of Middle California. a stratigraphic and paleontologic study of the San Lorenzo Oligocene series of the general region of Mount Diablo, California. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 11(2):45-234

Belongs to Calicantharus according to W. O. Addicott 1973

See also Clark 1918

Sister taxa: Calicantharus branneri, Calicantharus fortis, Calicantharus humerosus, Calicantharus kernensis, Calicantharus kettlemanensis, Cantharus (Calicantharus) californicus

Type specimen: UCMP 11215, a shell

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of United States (2: California collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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