Zaglenum pentzensis Squires and Saul 2001 (true whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Full reference: R. L. Squires and L. R. Saul. 2001. New Late Cretaceous gastropods from the Pacifc slope of North America. Journal of Paleontology 75(1):46-65

Belongs to Zaglenum according to R. L. Squires and L. R. Saul 2001

Sister taxon: Zaglenum lomaensis

Type specimen: LACMIP 12819. Its type locality is UCLA loc. 4340, Pentz, which is in a Campanian marine conglomerate in the Chico Formation of California.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at UCLA loc. 4340, Pentz

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