Gastropoda - Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Full reference: R. L. Squires and L. R. Saul. 2003. New Late Cretaceous epitoniid and zygopleurid gastropods from the Pacific Slope of North America. The Veliger 46(1):20-49
Belongs to Acirsa according to J. W. Haggart and R. Graham 2018
See also Squires and Saul 2003
Sister taxa: Acirsa (Acirsa), Acirsa (Acirsella), Acirsa (Hemiacirsa), Acirsa (Plesioacirsa), Acirsa alpha, Acirsa beta, Acirsa borealis, Acirsa cerralvoensis, Acirsa culmosa, Acirsa epsilon, Acirsa gravida, Acirsa nexilia, Acirsa obtusa, Acirsa penepolaris
Type specimen: LACMIP 13006. Its type locality is UCLA loc. 3635, Chico Creek, which is in a Campanian marine siliciclastic in the Chico Formation of California.
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (2: British Columbia collections), United States (1: California)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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