Tritonium eocenicum Weaver 1905 (triton)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae

Alternative combination: Nyctilochus eocenicus

Full reference: C. E. Weaver. 1905. Contribution to the palaeontology of the Martinez Group. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 4(5):101-123

Belongs to Tritonium according to C. E. Weaver 1905

See also Dickerson 1916

Sister taxa: Charonia (Charonia), Charonia guichemerri, Charonia lampas, Charonia multinodosa, Charonia sauliae, Charonia tritonis, Charonia univaricosum, Charonia variegata, Charonia weisbordi, Tritonium buwaldi, Tritonium martinezensis, Tritonium newsomi, Tritonium pulchrum, Tritonium (Lagena), Tritonium centrosum, Tritonium impressum, Triton heptagonum, Triton connectens, Triton obscurus, Triton ovoideus, Triton sexcostatus, Triton oligostirus, Triton mississpiensis, Triton obscurus, Triton buccinoides, Triton abbreviatus, Triton quoyi, Triton atavus, Triton crassidens, Triton elegans, Triton cribrosus

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at UCMP 337 (Paleocene of California)

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