Lacuna carpenteri Anderson and Martin 1914 (periwinkle)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Littorinidae

Full reference: F. M. Anderson and B. Martin. 1914. Neocene record in the Temblor Basin, California, and Neocene deposits of the San Juan District, San Luis Obispo County. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series 4(3):15-112

Belongs to Lacuna according to W.O. Addicott 1970

See also Anderson and Martin 1914

Sister taxa: Lacuna (Epheria), Lacuna (Medoria), Lacuna (Temanella), Lacuna anomala, Lacuna incrassata, Lacuna karreri, Lacuna marmorata, Lacuna vincta

Type specimen: CAS 147. Its type locality is CAS loc. 65, northeast of Barker's Ranch, which is in a Miocene coastal horizon in the Temblor Formation of California.

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at CAS loc. 65, northeast of Barker's Ranch

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