Batillaria ocoyana Anderson and Martin 1914 (snail)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Batillariidae

Alternative combinations: Clathrodrillia (Moniliopsis) ocoyana, Drillia ocoyana

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 Batillaria according to W.O. Addicott 1970

See also Anderson and Martin 1914 and Etherington 1931

Sister taxa: Batillaria (Batillaria), Batillaria coronata, Batillaria diacanthina, Batillaria mekranica, Batillaria minima, Batillaria pomahakensis

Type specimen: CAS 228

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at CAS loc. 64, north of Barker's Ranch (Miocene of California)

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