Haliotis elsmerensis Vokes 1935 (abalone)

Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Haliotidae

Full reference: H. E. Vokes. 1935. A New Species of Haliotis from the Pliocene of Southern California. Journal of Paleontology 9(3):251-252

Belongs to Haliotis according to H. E. Vokes 1935

Sister taxa: Haliotis (Haliotis), Haliotis (Padollus), Haliotis (Sulculus), Haliotis antillesensis, Haliotis asinina, Haliotis brazieri, Haliotis corrugata, Haliotis cracherodii, Haliotis fulgens, Haliotis koticki, Haliotis laevigata, Haliotis lasia, Haliotis lomaensis, Haliotis palaea, Haliotis roei, Haliotis ruber, Haliotis rufescens, Haliotis saldanhae, Haliotis scalaris, Haliotis tuberculata, Haliotis varia

Type specimen: UCMP 32465, a shell. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 1601, Elsmere Canyon, which is in a Pliocene marine sandstone in the Pico Formation of California.

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at UCMP loc. 1601, Elsmere Canyon

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