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 Latiala according to L. R. Saul 1998
Sister taxa: Latiala californica, Latiala lobata, Latiala nodosa, Latiala sigma
Type specimen: LACMIP 11378, a shell. Its type locality is LACMIP loc. 28788, Big Tar Canyon, which is in a Cenomanian marine conglomerate in the Panoche Formation of California.
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (17: California collections)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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