Belliscala meta Squires and Saul 2003 (wentletrap)

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

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