Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Full reference: M. L. Webster. 1983. New Species of Xenophora and Anchura (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the Cretaceous of Baja California Norte, Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 57(5):1090-1097
Belongs to Anchura according to W. P. Elder and L. R. Saul 1996
Sister taxa: Anchura (Anchura), Anchura ainikta, Anchura angulata, Anchura baptos, Anchura callosa, Anchura carinifera, Anchura dubius, Anchura englishi, Anchura falciformis, Anchura fusiformis, Anchura gabbi, Anchura halberdopsis, Anchura infortunata, Anchura monilifera, Anchura nanaimoensis, Anchura nuptialis, Anchura pelsaerti, Anchura phaba, Anchura requieniana, Anchura substriata
Type specimen: LACMIP 6465, a partial shell. Its type locality is LACMIP 2858, Ammonite Ravine, which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian marine siliciclastic in the Rosario Formation of Mexico.
Ecology: semi-infaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Mexico (11 collections), United States (1: California)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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