Gastropoda - Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Full reference: R. L. Squires and L. R. Saul. 2003. New Late Cretaceous epitoniid and zygopleurid gastropods from the Pacific Slope of North America. The Veliger 46(1):20-49
Belongs to Belliscala according to R. L. Squires and L. R. Saul 2003
See also Squires and Saul 2002
Sister taxa: Belliscala petra, Belliscala rockensis, Belliscala suciense
Type specimen: LACMIP 12997. Its type locality is UCLA loc. 3635, Chico Creek, which is in a Campanian marine siliciclastic in the Chico Formation of California.
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (4: California collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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