Puncturella punctocostata Berry 1947 (puncturella)

Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae

Alternative combination: Puncturella (Puncturella) punctocostata

Full reference: S. S. Berry. 1947. New Mollusca from the Pleistocene of San Pedro, California - III. Bulletins of American Paleontology 31(127):256-274

Belongs to Puncturella according to A. Hendy 2021

See also Berry 1947

Sister taxa: Puncturella (Cranopsis), Puncturella (Fissurisepta), Puncturella (Puncturella), Puncturella (Rixa), Puncturella barksdalei, Puncturella conica, Puncturella cooperi, Puncturella delosi, Puncturella galeata, Puncturella jacksonensis, Puncturella longifissa, Puncturella mcleani, Puncturella multistriata, Puncturella noachina, Puncturella rothi

Type specimen: Berry Coll. 11998, a shell. Its type locality is Second St & Pacific Ave of Berry [Lomita Marl], which is in a Pleistocene offshore marl in the Lomita Marl Formation of California.

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at Second St & Pacific Ave of Berry [Lomita Marl]

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