Chrysodomus ruckmani Dickerson 1915 (true whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Full reference: R. E. Dickerson. 1915. Fauna of the Type Tejon: Its relation to the Cowlitz Phase of the Tejon Group of Washington. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 5(3):33-98

Belongs to Chrysodomus according to F. M. Anderson and G. D. Hanna 1925

See also Dickerson 1915

Sister taxa: Chrysodomus altispiratus, Chrysodomus andersoni, Chrysodomus asakuraensis, Chrysodomus burroensis, Chrysodomus buwaldi, Chrysodomus chikuzenensis, Chrysodomus cierboensis, Chrysodomus clallamensis, Chrysodomus coalingensis, Chrysodomus diabloensis, Chrysodomus eurekaensis, Chrysodomus hannibali, Chrysodomus hawleyi, Chrysodomus lawsoni, Chrysodomus martini, Chrysodomus pabloensis, Chrysodomus packardi, Chrysodomus patuxentensis, Chrysodomus praenominata, Chrysodomus pulcherrimus, Chrysodomus purisimaensis, Chrysodomus scotiaensis, Chrysodomus stantoni

Type specimen: CAS 315, a shell. Its type locality is UCMP 452, Grapevine Canyon, which is in an Eocene marginal marine sandstone/shale in the Tejon Formation of California.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (3: California collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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