Triphora kanakoffi Willett 1948 (snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Triphoridae

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 Triphora according to G. Willett 1948

Sister taxa: Triphora (Cosmotriphora), Triphora (Eocautor), Triphora (Iniforis), Triphora (Mastonia), Triphora (Ogivia), Triphora (Triphora), Triphora hemphilli, Triphora perversa, Triphora rakhiensis

Type specimen: LACMIP 1072, a partial shell. Its type locality is LACMIP Loc. 66-1, Newport Bay, which is in a Pleistocene coastal sandstone in the Palos Verdes Sand Formation of California.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (2: California collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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