Serratocerithium usanium Compton 1944 (cerith snail)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae

Full reference: R. R. Compton. 1944. A new Paleocene gastropod from southern California. Journal of Paleontology 18:464-469

Belongs to Serratocerithium according to R. R. Compton 1944

Sister taxon: Serratocerithium serratum

Type specimen: Stanford University 7756, a shell (basal whorl and next two whorls). Its type locality is Stanford locality 2691, ridge east of Santa Ynez Canyon, which is in a Selandian coastal sandstone in California.

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at Stanford locality 2691, ridge east of Santa Ynez Canyon

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