Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Full reference: L. R. Saul. 1998. Eight Aporrhaid gastropod species from the Cretaceous of the Pacific Slope of North America and clarification of the type species of Perissoptera. The Nautilus 111(4):119-142
Belongs to Aporrhais according to L. R. Saul 1998
Sister taxa: Aporrhais (Aporrhais), Aporrhais biangulata, Aporrhais clarendonensis, Aporrhais dingdenensis, Aporrhais dutrugei, Aporrhais gracilis, Aporrhais gregaria, Aporrhais occidentalis, Aporrhais pespelecani, Aporrhais pugens, Aporrhais rapax, Aporrhais semilaevis, Aporrhais sowerbii, Aporrhais speciosa, Aporrhais uttingeriana
Type specimen: LACMIP 11373, a shell
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at CIT loc. 1065, Santa Ana Mountains (Cretaceous of California)
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