Tritonofusus fortunasensis Martin 1914 (true whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Full reference: B. Martin. 1914. Descriptions of new species of fossil Mollusca from the later marine Neocene of California. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 8(7):181-202

Belongs to Tritonofusus according to B. Martin 1914

Sister taxa: Colus (Aulacofusus), Colus altus, Colus arctatus, Colus gracilis, Colus hollboelli, Colus islandicus, Colus precursor, Colus pygmaeus, Colus rearensis, Colus sekiuensis, Colus stimpsoni, Tritonofusus (Plicifusus)

Type specimen: Its type locality is UCMP loc1863, which is in a Pliocene coastal horizon in the Rio Dell Formation of California.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at UCMP loc. 1863

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