Acirsa epsilon Squires and Saul 2003 (wentletrap)

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 Acirsa according to R. L. Squires and L. R. Saul 2003

Sister taxa: Acirsa (Acirsa), Acirsa (Acirsella), Acirsa (Hemiacirsa), Acirsa (Plesioacirsa), Acirsa alpha, Acirsa beta, Acirsa borealis, Acirsa cerralvoensis, Acirsa culmosa, Acirsa delta, Acirsa gravida, Acirsa nexilia, Acirsa obtusa, Acirsa penepolaris

Type specimen: LACMIP 13008. Its type locality is LACMIP loc. 23639, Chico Creek, which is in a Campanian coastal sandstone in the Chico Formation of California.

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at LACMIP loc. 23639, Chico Creek

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