Eocernina hespericosta Zinsmeister 1983 (snail)

Gastropoda - Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae

Full reference: W. J. Zinsmeister. 1983. New Late Paleocene molluscs from the Simi Hills, Ventura County, Califonia. Journal of Paleontology 57(6):1282-1303

Belongs to Eocernina according to W. J. Zinsmeister 1983

Sister taxon: Eocernina hannibali

Type specimen: UCR 7320/4, a shell. Its type locality is Meier Canyon, which is in a Thanetian open shallow subtidal conglomerate in the Simi Formation of California.

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at Meier Canyon

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