Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Full reference: M. A. Murphy and P. U. Rodda. 1960. Mollusca of the Cretaceous Bald Hills Formation of California. Journal of Paleontology 34(5):835-858
Belongs to Gyrodes according to M. A. Murphy and P. U. Rodda 1960
See also Popenoe et al. 1987
Sister taxa: Gyrodes (Gyrodes), Gyrodes (Hypterita), Gyrodes (Sigaretopsis), Gyrodes (Sohlella), Gyrodes allisoni, Gyrodes amplissima, Gyrodes brunsvicensis, Gyrodes depressa, Gyrodes edura, Gyrodes expansa, Gyrodes globosus, Gyrodes mahalanobisi, Gyrodes major, Gyrodes onensis, Gyrodes pacificum, Gyrodes robustus, Natica (Gyrodes) conradiana
Type specimen: UCLA 28630, a shell. Its type locality is UCLA loc. 3465, Huling Creek, which is in a Cenomanian marine sandstone in the Budden Canyon Formation of California.
Ecology: infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (2: California collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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