Ariadnaria aldersoni Saul and Squires 2008 (snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Trichotropidae

Full reference: L. R. Saul and R. L. Squires. 2008. Cretaceous trichotropid gastropods from the Pacific slope of North America: Possible pathways to calyptraeid morphology. The Nautilus 122(3):115-142

Belongs to Ariadnaria according to L. R. Saul and R. L. Squires 2008

Sister taxa: Ariadnaria ainikta, Ariadnaria obstricta, Ariadnaria stibara

Type specimen: LACMIP 13372. Its type locality is UCLA loc. 6370, Cooper Canyon, Alcalde Hills, which is in a Turonian marine horizon in the Panoche Formation of California.

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at UCLA loc. 6370, Cooper Canyon, Alcalde Hills

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