Exilia simiensis Bentson 1940 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Ptychatractidae

Full reference: H. Bentson. 1940. A systematic study of the fossil gastropod Exilia. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 25(5):199-238

Belongs to Exilia according to H. Bentson 1940

Sister taxa: Exilia alanbeui, Exilia attenuata, Exilia bentsonae, Exilia canalifera, Exilia clarki, Exilia contigua, Exilia crassitria, Exilia cretacea, Exilia diaboli, Exilia dickersoni, Exilia fausta, Exilia harrisi, Exilia lincolnensis, Exilia llajasensis, Exilia microptygma, Exilia ordita, Exilia ottnangensis, Exilia pergracilis, Exilia perkinsiana, Exilia plana, Exilia potreroensis, Exilia ripleyana, Exilia stechesonae, Exilia taliaferroi, Exilia trifasciata, Exilia ucalia, Exilia weaveri

Type specimen: UCMP 12139. Its type locality is UCMP 3296, Devil Canyon, east of Simi Valley, which is in a Ypresian/Lutetian marine siliciclastic in the Llajas Formation of California.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at UCMP 3296, Devil Canyon, east of Simi Valley

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