Chrysodomus pulcherrimus Clark 1918 (true whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Full reference: B. L. Clark. 1918. The San Lorenzo series of Middle California. a stratigraphic and paleontologic study of the San Lorenzo Oligocene series of the general region of Mount Diablo, California. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 11(2):45-234

Belongs to Chrysodomus according to B. L. Clark 1918

Sister taxa: Neptunea (Neptunea), Neptunea (Sulcosipho), Neptunea (Trophonopsis), Neptunea alaquaensis, Neptunea antarctocosta, Neptunea cretacea, Neptunea despecta, Neptunea diminuta, Neptunea gracilis, Neptunea humboldtiana, Neptunea ithia, Neptunea lyrata, Neptunea modestoidea, Neptunea stonei, Chrysodomus patuxentensis, Chrysodomus buwaldi, Chrysodomus packardi, Chrysodomus asakuraensis, Chrysodomus cierboensis, Chrysodomus altispiratus, Chrysodomus clallamensis, Chrysodomus martini, Chrysodomus lincolnensis, Chrysodomus chikuzenensis, Chrysodomus pabloensis, Chrysodomus hannibali, Chrysodomus diabloensis, Chrysodomus (Sipho), Chrysodomus burroensis, Chrysodomus ruckmani

Type specimen: UCMP 11222. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 1131, Walnut Creek, which is in an Oligocene marine horizon in California.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at UCMP loc. 1131, Walnut Creek

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