Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Alternative combination: Strombus obliteratus
Full reference: G. D. Hanna. 1926. Paleontology of Coyote Mountain, Imperial County, California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 14(18):427-503
Belongs to Persististrombus according to C. L. Powell 2008
See also Hanna 1926, Kronenberg and Lee 2007 and Petuch 1988
Sister taxa: Persististrombus aldrichi, Persististrombus baltrae, Persististrombus barrigonensis, Persististrombus bernielandaui, Persististrombus bonellii, Persististrombus chipolanus, Persististrombus coronatus, Persististrombus depertitus, Persististrombus exbonellii, Persististrombus gijskronenbergi, Persististrombus granulatus, Persististrombus insulanus, Persististrombus kronenbergi, Persististrombus mardieae, Persististrombus preoccupatus, Persististrombus quilonensis, Persististrombus radix, Persististrombus toroensis
Type specimen: CAS 1809, a shell. Its type locality is CAS 682 - Alverson Cañon [Imperial Fm], which is in a Pliocene marine sandstone in California.
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Pliocene of United States (8: California collections)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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