Aporrhais drachuki Saul 1998 (snail)

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 bicarinata, 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. Its type locality is CIT loc. 1058, Silverado Canyon, Santa Ana Mountains, which is in a Turonian marine sandstone/conglomerate in the Ladd Formation of California.

Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (5: California collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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