Chrysodomus martini Dickerson 1913 (true whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Alternative combination: Phos martini

Full reference: R. E. Dickerson. 1913. Fauna of the Eocene at Marysville Buttes, California. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 7(12):257-298

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

See also Dickerson 1913 and Dickerson 1916

Sister taxa: Chrysodomus (Sipho), Chrysodomus altispiratus, Chrysodomus asakuraensis, Chrysodomus burroensis, Chrysodomus buwaldi, Chrysodomus chikuzenensis, Chrysodomus cierboensis, Chrysodomus clallamensis, Chrysodomus diabloensis, Chrysodomus hannibali, Chrysodomus lincolnensis, Chrysodomus pabloensis, Chrysodomus packardi, Chrysodomus patuxentensis, Chrysodomus pulcherrimus, Chrysodomus ruckmani

Type specimen: Its type locality is UCMP loc1853, Marysville Buttes, which is in a Ypresian marine horizon in the Capay Formation of California.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (2: California collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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