Amauropsis martinezensis Dickerson 1914

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae

Alternative combinations: Amaurellina martinezensis, Euspirocrommium martinezensis

Full reference: R. E. Dickerson. 1914. Fauna of the Martinez Eocene of California. Bulletin of the Department of Geology, University of California 6:61-180

Belongs to Amauropsis according to L. Marincovich 1977

See also Compton 1944, Nelson 1925 and Weaver 1949

Sister taxa: Amauropsis amoena, Amauropsis anderrsoni, Amauropsis aureolutea, Amauropsis caloramans, Amauropsis fetteri, Amauropsis hantkeni, Amauropsis islandica, Amauropsis jacksonensis, Amauropsis macra, Amauropsis meierensis, Amauropsis notoleptos, Amauropsis papodensis, Amauropsis sanctaecrucis, Amauropsis smithiana, Amauropsis subhybrida, Amauropsis trinitatensis, Amauropsis tyrolensis, Natica (Amauropsis) japonica

Type specimen: Its type locality is UCMP 1540, Stewartville, which is in a Selandian marine sandstone in California

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (1: California collection)

• Paleocene of Mexico (2), United States (15: California)

Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence

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