Terebratella californica Stanton 1895 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratellidae

Full reference: T. W. Stanton. 1895. Contributions to the Cretaceous paleontology of the Pacific coast. : The fauna of the Knoxville. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 133:1-132

Belongs to Terebratella according to T. W. Stanton 1895

Sister taxa: Terebratella (Magasella), Terebratella (Waltonia), Terebratella averilli, Terebratella crofti, Terebratella dorsata, Terebratella enzenspergeri, Terebratella mayi, Terebratella obesa, Terebratella occidentalis, Terebratella patagonica, Terebratella rubiginosa, Terebratella sookensis, Terebratella spitzbergensis, Terebratella submutica, Terebratella tennuis

Type specimen: USNM 23021

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Northwest of Stephenson Place, Cold Ford of Cottonwood Creek (Cretaceous of California)

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