Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Procerithiidae
Full reference: E. C. Allison. 1955. Middle Cretaceous gastropoda from Punta China, Baja California, Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 29(3):400-432
Belongs to Uchauxia according to E. C. Allison 1955
Sister taxa: Procerithium (Cosmocerithium), Procerithium (Infacerithium), Procerithium arenacollicola, Procerithium brandi, Procerithium compactum, Procerithium deserti, Procerithium hunti, Procerithium inaequetuberculata, Procerithium nannoide, Procerithium nulloi, Uchauxia beali
Type specimen: UCMP 33487, a partial shell. Its type locality is Alisitos Fm. (UCB A-8321), which is in an Aptian shallow subtidal sandstone in the Alisitos Formation of Mexico.
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Mexico (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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