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 variegata, Charonia weisbordi, Triton abbreviatus, Triton crassidens, Triton sexcostatus, Triton ovoideus, Triton heptagonum, Triton buccinoides, Triton obscurus, Triton mississpiensis, Triton connectens, Triton oligostirus, Triton obscurus, Triton atavus, Triton quoyi, Triton cribrosus, Tritonium eocenicum, Tritonium impressum, Tritonium martinezensis, Tritonium pulchrum, Tritonium centrosum, Tritonium newsomi

Type specimen: Its type locality is UCMP 790, which is in a Paleocene marine horizon in the Martinez Formation of California

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at UCMP 790

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.