†Eripachya ponderosa Gabb 1864 (true whelk)
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Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Alternative combination: Neptunea ponderosa
Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1864. Description of the Cretaceous fossils. Geological Survey of California Palaeontology 1:57-217
Belongs to Eripachya according to L. R. Saul and W. P. Popenoe 1993
See also Gabb 1864, Gabb 1869 and Stewart 1927
Sister taxa: Eripachya jalama, Eripachya vaccina
Type specimen: ANSP 4186 (lectotype)
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (4: California collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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