Scaphander washingtonensis Weaver 1916 (snail)

Gastropoda - Opisthobranchiata - Cylichnidae

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

Belongs to Scaphander according to J. W. Durham 1944

See also Tegland 1933 and Weaver 1916

Sister taxa: Bulla (Scaphander) elegans, Scaphander (Mirascapha), Scaphander (Scaphander), Scaphander alaskensis, Scaphander brevicula, Scaphander conradi, Scaphander impunctatus, Scaphander interruptus, Scaphander jacksonensis, Scaphander javanus, Scaphander jugularis, Scaphander nannus, Scaphander oligoturritus, Scaphander oregonensis, Scaphander polysarcus, Scaphander radii, Scaphander rarus, Scaphander remondi, Scaphander stewarti

Subtaxa: Scaphander washingtonensis goodspeedi Scaphander washingtonensis gordoni

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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:

• Oligocene of Canada (1: British Columbia collection), United States (7: Washington)

• Eocene of United States (4: Washington)

Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence

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