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: Chrysodomus (Sipho), Chrysodomus altispiratus, Chrysodomus asakuraensis, Chrysodomus burroensis, Chrysodomus buwaldi, Chrysodomus chikuzenensis, Chrysodomus cierboensis, Chrysodomus clallamensis, Chrysodomus diabloensis, Chrysodomus hannibali, Chrysodomus lincolnensis, Chrysodomus martini, Chrysodomus pabloensis, Chrysodomus packardi, Chrysodomus patuxentensis, 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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