Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Pediculariidae
Full reference: W. L. Effinger. 1938. The Gries Ranch Fauna (Oligocene) of Western Washington. Journal of Paleontology 12(4):355-390
Belongs to Cypraeogemmula according to L. T. Groves and R. L. Squires 2023
See also Durham 1944, Effinger 1938 and Squires et al. 1996
Sister taxon: Cypraeogemmula liliputana
Type specimen: UCMP 33588, a shell. Its type locality is UCMP 3607 - South bank of Cowlitz River at old Gries Ranch, which is in a Priabonian marine sandstone in the Lincoln Creek Formation of Washington.
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (5: Washington collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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