Solenosteira merriami Loel and Corey 1932 (true whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Full reference: W. Loel and W. H. Corey. 1932. The Vaqueros Formation, Lower Miocene of California. I. Paleontology. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 22(3):31-410

Belongs to Solenosteira according to W. Loel and W. H. Corey 1932

Sister taxa: Solenosteira (Fusinosteira), Solenosteira (Solenosteira), Solenosteira angelensis, Solenosteira anomala, Solenosteira braumuelleri, Solenosteira cancellaria, Solenosteira chiriquiensis, Solenosteira suwanneensis, Solenosteira vaughani, Solenosteira venturana

Type specimen: UCMP 31595. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 3676, south of summit of Reliz-Vaqueros Creek road, which is in a Miocene coastal siliciclastic in the Vaqueros Formation of California.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (3: California collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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