Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
Full reference: R. Arnold. 1908. Descriptions of new Cretaceous and Tertiary fossils from the Santa Cruz Mountains, California. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 34(1617):345-389
Belongs to Tritonium according to R. Arnold 1908
Sister taxa: Charonia (Charonia), Charonia guichemerri, Charonia lampas, Charonia multinodosa, Charonia sauliae, Charonia tritonis, Charonia univaricosum, Charonia variegata, Charonia weisbordi, Tritonium buwaldi, Tritonium pulchrum, Tritonium eocenicum, Tritonium (Lagena), Tritonium impressum, Tritonium centrosum, Tritonium martinezensis, Triton crassidens, Triton cribrosus, Triton oligostirus, Triton sexcostatus, Triton mississpiensis, Triton quoyi, Triton heptagonum, Triton elegans, Triton ovoideus, Triton connectens, Triton obscurus, Triton abbreviatus, Triton obscurus, Triton atavus, Triton buccinoides
Type specimen: USNM 165436, a partial shell (An imperfect specimen, lacking apex and canal)
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Tritonium newsomi in the database
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