†Amaea pentzia Squires and Saul 2003 (wentletrap)
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Gastropoda - Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Full reference: R. L. Squires and L. R. Saul. 2003. New Late Cretaceous epitoniid and zygopleurid gastropods from the Pacific Slope of North America. The Veliger 46(1):20-49
Belongs to Amaea according to R. L. Squires and L. R. Saul 2003
Sister taxa: Amaea (Acrilloscala), Amaea (Amaea), Amaea (Discoscala), Amaea (Undiscala), Amaea cancellata, Amaea cerva, Amaea trifolia
Type specimen: LACMIP 12993. Its type locality is UCLA loc. 4340, Pentz, which is in a Campanian marine siliciclastic in the Chico Formation of California.
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at UCLA loc. 4340, Pentz
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