Gastropoda - Opisthobranchiata - Retusidae
Full reference: A. M. Keen. 1943. New mollusks from the Round Mountain Silt (Temblor) Miocene of California. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 10(2):25-60
Belongs to Volvulella according to W.O. Addicott 1970
See also Keen 1943
Sister taxa: Volvulella (Paravolvulella), Volvulella (Volvulella), Volvulella cannada, Volvulella cylindrica, Volvulella joaquinensis, Volvulella meyer, Volvulella oxyacrum, Volvulella persimilis, Volvulella tabori
Type specimen: LSJU 7550. Its type locality is LSJU loc. 2121 [Round Mountain Silt], which is in a Langhian marine siltstone in the Round Mountain Formation of California.
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (2: California collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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