†Oxystele dorni Durham 1944 (top snail)
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Gastropoda - Trochoidea - Trochidae
Full reference: J. W. Durham. 1944. Megafaunal zones of the Oligocene of northwestern Washington. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 27:101 -212
Belongs to Oxystele according to J. W. Durham 1944
Sister taxa: Oxystele rotellaris, Oxystele tigrina, Trochus (Oxystele) euryostomus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Twin Rivers, UCMP A3683, which is in an Oligocene marine shale in the Pysht Formation of Washington
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (4: Washington collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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