†Christitys delta Popenoe and Saul 1987 (snail)
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Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Perissityidae
Full reference: W. P. Popenoe and L. R. Saul. 1987. Evolution and classification of the Late Cretaceous-Early Tertiary gastropod Perissitys. Contributions in Science 380:1-37
Belongs to Christitys according to L. R. Saul 1988
See also Popenoe and Saul 1987
Sister taxa: Christitys martini, Christitys medica
Type specimen: UCLA 39455, a shell. Its type locality is UCLA loc. 4209, Clover Creek, which is in a Coniacian marine horizon in the Redding Formation of California.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (3: California collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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