Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Alternative combination: Miopleiona weaveri
Synonym: Miopleiona scowensis Durham 1944
Full reference: N. M. Tegland. 1933. The fauna of the type Blakeley Upper Oligocene of Washington. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 23(3):81-174
Belongs to Psephaea (Miopleiona) according to W.O. Addicott 1970
See also Durham 1944 and Tegland 1933
Sister taxa: Fulgoraria (Psephaea) megaspira, Fulgoraria (Psephaea) zinsmeisteri, Psephaea corrugata, Psephaea prevostiana, Psephaea (Miopleiona) indurata
Type specimens:
- Psephaea (Miopleiona) weaveri: UCMP 32243
- Miopleiona scowensis: UCMP 35419. Its type locality is UCMP A3696, Marrowstone Island, which is in a Rupelian deep-water shale in the Marrowstone Formation of Washington.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (6: Washington collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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