Solenosteira venturana 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 merriami, Solenosteira suwanneensis, Solenosteira vaughani

Type specimen: UCMP 31880. Its type locality is UCMP loc. A-244, Santa Paula, which is in a Miocene marine sandstone in the Vaqueros Formation of California.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (8: California collections)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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