Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Full reference: G. Willett. 1948. Four new gastropods from the Upper Pleistocene of Newport Bay Mesa, Orange County, California. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 47(1):17-21
Belongs to Odostomia (Menestho) according to G. Willett 1948
Sister taxa: Menestho suttonensis, Odostomia (Menestho) repenningi
Type specimen: LACMIP 1070, a shell. Its type locality is LACMIP loc. 68-A, Newport Bay, which is in a Pleistocene coastal sandstone/sandstone in the Palos Verdes Formation of California.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (2: California collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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