Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Alternative combination: Nassa cretacea
Synonym: Molopophorus tejonensis Dickerson 1915
Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1864. Description of the Cretaceous fossils. Geological Survey of California Palaeontology 1:57-217
Belongs to Molopophorus according to R. B. Stewart 1927
See also Dickerson 1915, Gabb 1864 and Squires 1984
Sister taxa: Molopophorus aequicostatus, Molopophorus anglonana, Molopophorus antiquatus, Molopophorus biplicatus, Molopophorus bramkampi, Molopophorus californicus, Molopophorus crooki, Molopophorus dalli, Molopophorus effingeri, Molopophorus gabbi, Molopophorus lincolnensis, Molopophorus newcombei, Molopophorus stephensoni, Molopophorus striatus
Type specimens:
- Molopophorus cretaceus: ANSP 4197 (lectotype)
- Molopophorus tejonensis: CAS 316, a shell. Its type locality is CAS loc. 245, Grapevine Canyon, which is in an Eocene marginal marine sandstone/shale in the Tejon Formation of California.
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (7: California collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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