Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Alternative combinations: Fasciolaria mucronata, Neptunea mucronata
Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1869. Section II. Cretaceous Fossils. Part I. Description of New Species. Palaeontology of California, Volume II, Cretaceous and Tertiary Fossils 127-205
Belongs to Sycum according to R. B. Stewart 1927
See also Gabb 1869 and Waring 1917
Sister taxa: Sycostoma (Sycostoma), Sycostoma bulbiforme, Sycostoma kenawii, Sycostoma pyrinota, Sycum americanum, Sycum stillum
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene to Eocene of United States (2: California collections)
• Paleocene of Mexico (1), United States (9: California)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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