Gastropoda - Trochoidea - Turbinidae
Alternative combination: Astraea morani
Full reference: W. Loel and W. H. Corey. 1932. The Vaqueros Formation, Lower Miocene of California (Part 1). University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 22(3):31-410
Belongs to Astraea (Pomaulax) according to C. A. Hall 2002
See also Addicott 1970 and Loel and Corey 1932
Sister taxa: Astraea (Pomaulax) biangulata, Astraea (Pomaulax) gradata, Pomaulax gibberosa
Type specimen: LSJU 615, a shell. Its type locality is UCMP loc. A-527, San Joaquin Hills, which is in a Miocene coastal sandstone in the Vaqueros Formation of California.
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (1: California collection)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (2: California)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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