Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Capulidae
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 Lysis according to L. R. Saul and R. L. Squires 2008
Sister taxa: Lysis duplicosta, Lysis jalamaca, Lysis mickeyi, Lysis suciensis
Type specimen: SDNHM 67150 ,. Its type locality is SDSNH loc. 3403, Carlsbad Research Center, which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian coastal siltstone in the Point Loma Formation of California.
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (2: California collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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