Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Full reference: F. M. Anderson and G. D. Hanna. 1935. Cretaceous geology of Lower California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 23(1):1-34
Belongs to Tessarolax according to L. R. Saul and R. L. Squires 2015
See also Anderson and Hanna 1935
Sister taxa: Aporrhais (Tessarolax) ebrayi, Tessarolax alaskana, Tessarolax bicarinata, Tessarolax bullardi, Tessarolax distorta, Tessarolax gabbi, Tessarolax grahami, Tessarolax inconspicua, Tessarolax louellae, Tessarolax retusa, Tessarolax teleos, Tessarolax trinalis
Type specimen: CAS 1430.02 (= CAS 4262). Its type locality is CAS loc.1430, Johnson's ranch, midway between Rosario and Santa Catarina Landing, which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian marine horizon in the Rosario Formation of Mexico.
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Mexico (1 collection), United States (1: California)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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