Macron merriami Arnold 1907 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neptuneidae

Full reference: R. Arnold. 1907. New and characteristic species of fossil mollusks from the oil-bearing Tertiary formations of southern California. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 32(1545):525-546

Belongs to Macron according to R. Arnold 1907

Sister taxa: Macron aethiops, Macron hartmanni, Macron lividus, Macron vermeiji

Type specimen: USNM 164982, a shell. Its type locality is Head of Topanga Canyon (Arnold 1907), which is in a Miocene coastal siliciclastic in the Topanga Canyon Formation of California.

Ecology: epifaunal

Distribution: found only at Head of Topanga Canyon (Arnold 1907)

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