Nassarius (Catilon) stocki Kanakoff 1956 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae

Alternative combination: Nassarius stocki

Full reference: G. P. Kanakoff. 1956. Two new species of Nassarius from the Pliocene of Los Angeles County, California. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 55(2):110-114

Belongs to Nassarius (Catilon) according to W. O. Addicott 1965

See also Kanakoff 1956

Sister taxa: Nassarius (Catilon) andersoni, Nassarius (Catilon) antiselli, Nassarius (Catilon) arnoldi, Nassarius (Catilon) churchi, Nassarius (Catilon) hamlini, Nassarius (Catilon) hildegardae, Nassarius (Catilon) iniquus, Nassarius (Catilon) pabloensis, Nassarius (Catilon) salinasensis

Type specimen: LACMIP 1109, a shell. Its type locality is LACMIP loc. 291, Sand Canyon, San Gabriel Mountains, which is in a Pliocene marine siltstone in the Pico Formation of California.

Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of United States (3: California collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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