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

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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