Siphonalia teglandae Durham 1944 (true whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

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 Siphonalia according to J. W. Durham 1944

Sister taxa: Siphonalia (Eosiphonalia), Siphonalia (Kelletia), Siphonalia (Siphonalia), Siphonalia acuta, Siphonalia ariejansseni, Siphonalia belenensis, Siphonalia bryani, Siphonalia calvertana, Siphonalia cassidariaeformis, Siphonalia cotteri, Siphonalia danvillensis, Siphonalia devexus, Siphonalia dilatata, Siphonalia guineensis, Siphonalia hadlockensis, Siphonalia ishikariana, Siphonalia jacksonia, Siphonalia johnsoni, Siphonalia kalpanae, Siphonalia lineata, Siphonalia longirostris, Siphonalia nigeriensis, Siphonalia nipponica, Siphonalia nuntia, Siphonalia packi, Siphonalia paradoxica, Siphonalia phosoidea, Siphonalia pritilatae, Siphonalia roblini, Siphonalia rodeoensis, Siphonalia sakakurai, Siphonalia shojii, Siphonalia signa, Siphonalia spatiosa, Siphonalia sullivani, Siphonalia supragranulata, Siphonalia tessaria, Siphonalia trilica, Siphonalia vistaensis, Siphonalia washingtonensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Port Hadlock Bay, UCMP A1801, which is in an Oligocene marine horizon in the Quimper Formation of Washington

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Port Hadlock Bay, UCMP A1801

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