Potamidopsis grovesi Saul and Squires 1998 (horn snail)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Potamididae

Full reference: L. R. Saul and R. L. Squires. 1998. New Cretaceous Gastropoda from California. Palaeontology 41(3):461-488

Belongs to Potamidopsis according to L. R. Saul and R. L. Squires 1998

Sister taxa: Potamides (Potamidopsis) californica, Potamides (Potamidopsis) tricarinatus

Type specimen: CASO 67884.01. Its type locality is CASG loc. 62583, North Folk Cottonwood Creek, which is in a Hauterivian marine horizon in the Budden Canyon Formation of California.

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (2: California collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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