Pegocomptus howardi Dickerson 1914

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Alternative combinations: Molopophorus howardi, Pseudoliva howardi

Full reference: R. E. Dickerson. 1914. New molluscan species from the Martinez Eocene of southern California. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 8(15):299-304

Belongs to Pegocomptus according to W. J. Zinsmeister 1983

See also Waring 1917

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UCMP 11762, a shell. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 2246, Rock Creek, which is in an Eocene shallow subtidal sandstone/shale in the San Francisquito Formation of California.

Distribution:

• Paleocene of Mexico (1 collection), United States (2: California)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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