Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae

Full reference: D. B. K. Palmer. 1923. A fauna from the Middle Eocene shales near Vacaville, California. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 14(8):289-318

Belongs to Bittium (Semibittium) according to D. B. K. Palmer 1923

Sister taxa: Bittium (Semibittium) nicholsi, Bittium (Semibittium) nitens, Bittium (Semibittium) purpureum, Bittium (Semibittium) subplanatum, Bittium (Semibittium) vancouverense

Type specimen: UCMP 30600, a shell. Its type locality is UCMP 3573 - NW of Vacaville, which is in a Ypresian offshore shale in California.

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at UCMP 3573 - NW of Vacaville

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.