Argobuccinum scotiaensis Martin 1914 (triton shell)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae

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 Argobuccinum according to B. Martin 1914

Sister taxa: Argobuccinum (Argobuccinum), Argobuccinum arnoldi, Argobuccinum casus, Argobuccinum mediocre, Argobuccinum pustulosum, Argobuccinum tejonense, Mediargo dilleri, Mediargo mathewsoni

Type specimen: Its type locality is UCMP loc1878, Eel River, which is in a Pliocene coastal horizon in the Rio Dell Formation of California.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at UCMP loc. 1878, Eel River

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