Eosurcula cohni Dickerson 1915 (turrid)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae

Alternative combination: Surcula cohni

Full reference: R. E. Dickerson. 1915. Fauna of the Type Tejon: Its relation to the Cowlitz Phase of the Tejon Group of Washington. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 5(3):33-98

Belongs to Eosurcula according to C. R. Givens and M. P. Kennedy 1979

See also Dickerson 1915

Sister taxa: Eosurcula capayana, Eosurcula inconstans, Eosurcula moorei, Eosurcula praeattenuata, Eosurcula stena

Type specimen: CAS 336, a partial shell. Its type locality is CAS loc. 245, Grapevine Canyon, which is in an Eocene marginal marine sandstone/shale in the Tejon Formation of California.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at CAS loc. 245, Grapevine Canyon

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