Calicantharus kernensis Anderson and Martin 1914 (true whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Alternative combination: Chrysodomus kernensis

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 Calicantharus according to W.O. Addicott 1970

See also Anderson and Martin 1914

Sister taxa: Calicantharus branneri, Calicantharus dalli, Calicantharus fortis, Calicantharus humerosus, Calicantharus kettlemanensis, Cantharus (Calicantharus) californicus

Type specimen: CAS 172

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

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

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