Gastropoda - Trochoidea - Tegulidae
Full reference: J. O. Nomland. 1917. Fauna of the Santa Margarita beds in the North Coalinga region of California. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 10(18):293-326
Belongs to Tegula according to J. O. Nomland 1917
Sister taxa: Tegula (Tegula), Tegula forbesi, Tegula jeanae, Tegula marylandicum, Tegula masiasi, Tegula melaleucos, Tegula pellisserpentis, Tegula reticulata, Tegula rugosa, Tegula thea, Tegula tridentata, Promartynia pulligo, Agathistoma paraguanensis, Agathistoma panamensis, Agathistoma eiseni, Agathistoma excavata, Agathistoma viridula, Agathistoma fasciata, Agathistoma patagonicum, Agathistoma verrucosa, Agathistoma antiqua
Type specimen: UCMP 11316, a shell. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 2268, which is in a Miocene marine sandstone in the Santa Margarita Formation of California.
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (2: California collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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