Spirotropis dickersoni Weaver 1916 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae

Alternative combinations: Parasyrinx dickersoni, Surcula dickersoni, Turris dickersoni

Full reference: C. E. Weaver. 1916. Tertiary faunal horizons of western Washington. University of Washington Publications in Geology 1(1):1-67

Belongs to Spirotropis according to U. S. Grant, IV and H. R. Gale 1931

See also Dickerson 1917, Durham 1944, Hickman 1976 and Weaver 1916

Sister taxa: Pleurotoma (Spirotropsis) smithi, Spirotropis (Spirotropis), Spirotropis adrastia, Spirotropis agamedea, Spirotropis antigone, Spirotropis azorica, Spirotropis badensis, Spirotropis bainbridgensis, Spirotropis calodius, Spirotropis campi, Spirotropis chrysothemis, Spirotropis confusa, Spirotropis cymothoe, Spirotropis evadne, Spirotropis gramensis, Spirotropis karamanensis, Spirotropis modiolus, Spirotropis patagonica, Spirotropis polycaste, Spirotropis spinescens, Spirotropis tortonica, Spirotropis washingtonensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Galvin Station, which is in a Chattian offshore sandstone in the Lincoln Creek Formation of Washington

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Galvin Station

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