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, Tritonium martinezensis, Tritonium eocenicum, Tritonium impressum, Tritonium centrosum, Tritonium newsomi, Tritonium pulchrum, Tritonium (Lagena), Triton abbreviatus, Triton atavus, Triton cribrosus, Triton connectens, Triton crassidens, Triton oligostirus, Triton obscurus, Triton quoyi, Triton elegans, Triton sexcostatus, Triton heptagonum, Triton mississpiensis, Triton buccinoides, Triton ovoideus, Triton obscurus

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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