Alarimella anae Saul 1998 (snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae

Full reference: L. R. Saul. 1998. Eight Aporrhaid gastropod species from the Cretaceous of the Pacific Slope of North America and clarification of the type species of Perissoptera. The Nautilus 111(4):119-142

Belongs to Alarimella according to L. R. Saul 1998

Sister taxon: Alarimella veta

Type specimen: LACMIP 11410, a shell. Its type locality is CIT loc. 1065, Santa Ana Mountains, which is in a Turonian shoreface sandstone in the Ladd Formation of California.

Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at CIT loc. 1065, Santa Ana Mountains

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