Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
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 Molopophorus according to C. M. Wagner and K. H. Schilling 1923
See also Anderson and Martin 1914 and Durham 1944
Sister taxa: Molopophorus aequicostatus, Molopophorus anglonana, Molopophorus antiquatus, Molopophorus biplicatus, Molopophorus bramkampi, Molopophorus californicus, Molopophorus cretaceus, Molopophorus crooki, Molopophorus effingeri, Molopophorus gabbi, Molopophorus lincolnensis, Molopophorus newcombei, Molopophorus stephensoni, Molopophorus striatus
Type specimen: CAS 168
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (3: California, Washington collections)
• Eocene of United States (6: California, Oregon)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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