Paosia acuminata Anderson 1958 (snail)

Gastropoda - Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae

Alternative combination: Trajanella acuminata

Full reference: F. M. Anderson. 1958. Upper Cretaceous of the Pacific Coast. Geological Society of America Memoir 71:1-378

Belongs to Paosia according to R. L. Squires and L. R. Saul 2004

See also Anderson 1958

Sister taxa: Paosia calafia, Paosia californica, Paosia colusaensis, Paosia pentzensis, Paosia ursula

Type specimen: Its type locality is CAS loc1345, Texas Springs, on road leading to Centerville, which is in an Albian marine horizon in the Budden Canyon Formation of California.

Ecology: epifaunal

Distribution: found only at CAS loc. 1345, Texas Springs, on road leading to Centerville

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