Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pseudomelatomidae

Alternative combination: Drillia fleenerensis

Full reference: B. Martin. 1914. Descriptions of new species of fossil Mollusca from the later marine Neocene of California. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 8(7):181-202

Belongs to Pseudomelatoma according to A. J. W. Hendy 2020

See also Grant, IV and Gale 1931, Keen and Bentson 1944 and Martin 1914

Sister taxa: Pseudomelatoma (Laevitectum), Pseudomelatoma fulleri, Pseudomelatoma grippi, Pseudomelatoma penicillata, Pseudomelatoma torosa

Type specimen: UCMP ??? (not stated in publication), a partial shell

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at UCMP loc. 1860 (Pliocene of California)

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