Molopophorus aequicostatus Vokes 1939 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae

Full reference: H. E. Vokes. 1939. Molluscan faunas of the Domengine and Arroyo Hondo Formations of the California Eocene. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 38:1-246

Belongs to Molopophorus according to H. E. Vokes 1939

Sister taxa: Molopophorus anglonana, Molopophorus antiquatus, Molopophorus biplicatus, Molopophorus bramkampi, Molopophorus californicus, Molopophorus cretaceus, Molopophorus crooki, Molopophorus dalli, Molopophorus effingeri, Molopophorus gabbi, Molopophorus lincolnensis, Molopophorus newcombei, Molopophorus stephensoni, Molopophorus striatus

Type specimen: UCMP 15941

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (1: California collection)

• Paleocene of the Russian Federation (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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