Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pseudomelatomidae
Alternative combinations: Bathytoma carpenteriana, Pleurotoma (Genota) carpenteriana, Pleurotoma (Surcula) carpenteriana, Pseudotoma carpenterianus, Surcula carpentariana, Surcula carpenteriana, Surculites (Megasurcula) carpenterianus, Turris (Bathytoma) carpenteriana, Turris carpenteriana
Synonyms: Bathytoma clarkiana Rivers 1914, Megasurcula carpenteriana tryoniana Gabb 1866, Megasurcula cooperi Arnold 1903, Pleurotoma (Dolichotoma) cooperi Arnold 1903, Pleurotoma (Genota) tryoniana Gabb 1866, Pleurotoma (Surcula) tryoniana Gabb 1866, Surcula tryoniana Gabb 1866, Surculites (Megasurcula) carpenterianus cooperi Arnold 1903, Surculites (Megasurcula) carpenterianus tryonianus Gabb 1866, Turris (Bathytoma) tryoniana Gabb 1866, Turris tryoniana Gabb 1866
Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1866. Section I. Tertiary Invertebrate Fossils. Part I. Description of New Species. Palaeontology of California, Volume II, Cretaceous and Tertiary Fossils 1-38
Belongs to Megasurcula according to A. Hendy 2021
See also Arnold 1903, Arnold 1908, Ashley 1895, Etherington 1931, Gabb 1865, Gabb 1866, Gabb 1869, Grant, IV and Gale 1931, Nomland 1916, Nomland 1917, Raymond 1906, Rivers 1914, Winterer and Durham 1962 and Woodring and Bramlette 1950
Sister taxa: Megasurcula condonana, Megasurcula howei, Megasurcula keepi, Megasurcula wynoocheensis, Surculites (Megasurcula) remondii, Surculites (Megasurcula) riversianus
Subtaxa: Surculites (Megasurcula) carpenterianus tremperianus
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Mexico (1 collection), United States (29: California)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (2: California)
• Pliocene of Mexico (1), United States (21: California)
• Miocene of United States (1: California)
Total: 55 collections including 61 occurrences
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