Terebratella obesa Gabb 1864 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratellidae

Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1864. Description of the Cretaceous fossils. Geological Survey of California Palaeontology 1:57-217

Belongs to Terebratella according to W. M. Gabb 1864

Sister taxa: Terebratella (Magasella), Terebratella (Waltonia), Terebratella averilli, Terebratella californica, Terebratella crofti, Terebratella dorsata, Terebratella enzenspergeri, Terebratella mayi, Terebratella occidentalis, Terebratella patagonica, Terebratella rubiginosa, Terebratella sookensis, Terebratella spitzbergensis, Terebratella submutica, Terebratella tennuis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Texas Flat, which is in a Campanian marginal marine sandstone in the Chico Formation of California

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Texas Flat

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