Eripachya Gabb 1869 (true whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1869. Section II. Cretaceous Fossils. Part I. Description of New Species. Palaeontology of California, Volume II, Cretaceous and Tertiary Fossils 127-205

Parent taxon: Buccininae according to R. L. Squires and L. R. Saul 2003

See also Saul and Popenoe 1993 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Angistoma, Austrobuccinum, Buccinini, Buccinulini, Buccinum, Colini, Coptochetus, Corneobuccinum, Euryochetus, Exilioidea, Fax, Kapala, Liomesini, Plicibuccinum, Pseudofax, Strombinophos, Thysanobuccinum

Subtaxa: Eripachya jalama Eripachya ponderosa Eripachya vaccina

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (14: California collections)

Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence

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