Nekewis seidersi Saul 1988 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Perissityidae

Full reference: L. R. Saul. 1988. New Late Cretaceous and Early Tertiary Perissityidae (Gastropoda) from the Pacific Slope of North America. Contributions in Science, Los Angeles County Museum 400:1-25

Belongs to Nekewis according to L. R. Saul 1988

Sister taxa: Nekewis io, Nekewis marina, Nekewis nehalemensis, Nekewis scowensis, Nekewis simiensis

Type specimen: LACMIP 7552. Its type locality is LACMIP loc. 9196, Cantinas Creek, which is in a Maastrichtian marine conglomerate in the El Piojo Formation of California.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at LACMIP loc. 9196, Cantinas Creek

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