Tritonium buwaldi Dickerson 1914 (triton)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae

Full reference: R. E. Dickerson. 1914. Fauna of the Martinez Eocene of California. Bulletin of the Department of Geology, University of California 6:61-180

Belongs to Tritonium according to R. E. Dickerson 1914

Sister taxa: Charonia (Charonia), Charonia guichemerri, Charonia lampas, Charonia multinodosa, Charonia sauliae, Charonia tritonis, Charonia univaricosum, Charonia variegata, Charonia weisbordi, Triton sexcostatus, Triton mississpiensis, Triton ovoideus, Triton atavus, Triton obscurus, Triton elegans, Triton buccinoides, Triton heptagonum, Triton oligostirus, Triton connectens, Triton crassidens, Triton cribrosus, Triton quoyi, Triton abbreviatus, Triton obscurus, Tritonium newsomi, Tritonium martinezensis, Tritonium pulchrum, Tritonium centrosum, Tritonium impressum, Tritonium (Lagena), Tritonium eocenicum

Type specimen: Its type locality is UCMP loc790, East of Lower Lake village, which is in a Danian marine siliciclastic in the Martinez Formation of California.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at UCMP loc. 790, East of Lower Lake village

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