†Eripachya jalama Squires and Saul 2003 (true whelk)
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Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Full reference: R. L. Squires and L. R. Saul. 2003. New late Cretaceous (Campanian and Maastrichtian) marine gastropods from California. Journal of Paleontology 77(1):50-63
Belongs to Eripachya according to R. L. Squires and L. R. Saul 2003
Sister taxa: Eripachya ponderosa, Eripachya vaccina
Type specimen: LACMIP 12963, a shell
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (5: California collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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