Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Full reference: S. Kiel and J. L. Goedert. 2007. New mollusks associated with biogenic substrates in Cenozoic deepâwater sediments of Washington State. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 52(1):41-52
Belongs to Colus according to S. Kiel and J. L. Goedert 2007
Sister taxa: Colus (Aulacofusus), Colus altus, Colus arctatus, Colus gracilis, Colus hollboelli, Colus islandicus, Colus precursor, Colus pygmaeus, Colus rearensis, Colus stimpsoni, Tritonofusus (Plicifusus), Tritonofusus fortunasensis
Type specimen: UWBM 97933, a shell. Its type locality is Murdock Creek, which is in a Rupelian deep-water siltstone in the Pysht Formation of Washington.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (5: Washington collections)
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (2: Washington)
• Eocene of United States (1: Washington)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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