Oliva meganosensis Clark and Woodford 1927 (olive snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae

Full reference: B. L. Clark and A. O. Woodford. 1927. The geology and paleontology of the type section of the Meganos Formation (lower Middle Eocene) of California. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 17(2):63-142

Belongs to Oliva according to B. L. Clark and A. O. Woodford 1927

Sister taxa: Oliva (Agaronia), Oliva (Ispidula), Oliva (Neocylindrus), Oliva (Oliva), Oliva (Omogymna), Oliva (Strephona), Oliva (Strephonella), Oliva acuminata, Oliva arenosa, Oliva bombylis, Oliva brevispira, Oliva caldania, Oliva canalifera, Oliva carneola, Oliva couvana, Oliva cristobalcoloni, Oliva cylindrica, Oliva delata, Oliva funebralis, Oliva futheyana, Oliva gatunensis, Oliva giraudi, Oliva harrisi, Oliva idonea, Oliva immortua, Oliva indica, Oliva junghuhni, Oliva laumontiana, Oliva maura, Oliva media, Oliva miniacea, Oliva misti, Oliva mitrata, Oliva mitreola, Oliva peruviana, Oliva pichincha, Oliva reticularis, Oliva simonsoni, Oliva spicata, Oliva subplicata, Oliva subulata, Oliva tjidamrensis, Oliva trinidadensis, Oliva tuberaensis, Oliva utriculus, Oliva valens, Oliva vetusta

Type specimen: UCMP 31250, a shell

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (3: California collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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