Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Alternative combinations: Rimella canalifera, Rostellaria (Rimella) canalifera
Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1864. Description of the Cretaceous fossils. Geological Survey of California Palaeontology 1:57-217
Belongs to Ectinochilus (Cowlitzia) according to R. B. Stewart 1927
See also Gabb 1864, Squires 2013, Squires and Demetrion 1992, Waring 1917 and Weaver 1912
Sister taxa: Rimella (Rimella), Rimella canalis, Rimella carli, Rimella desertica, Rimella duplicostata, Rimella elongata, Rimella fissurella, Rimella fowleriana, Rimella fusoides, Rimella knappiana, Rimella levis, Rimella oregonensis, Rimella pakistanica, Rimella peruviana, Rimella prestwichi, Rimella quoseibii, Rimella rimosa, Rimella supraplicata, Ectinochilus (Cowlitzia) washingtonensis, Ectinochilus (Cowlitzia) canalifera, Ectinochilus olssoni, Ectinochilus (Ectinochilus), Ectinochilus gaudichaudi, Ectinochilus (Vaderos), Ectinochilus antipodarum, Ectinochilus planum, Ectinochilus (Macilentos)
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (9: California collections)
• Paleocene of United States (1: California)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
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