Cerithiopsis williamsoni Arnold 1903 (snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cerithiopsidae

Alternative combination: Bittium williamsoni

Full reference: R. Arnold. 1903. The Paleontology and Stratigraphy of the Marine Pliocene and Pleistocene of San Pedro, California. Contributions to Biology from The Hopkins Seaside Laboratory 31

Belongs to Cerithiopsis according to A. Hendy 2021

See also Arnold 1903 and Bartsch 1911

Sister taxa: Cerithiopsis (Alipta), Cerithiopsis (Cerithiopsida), Cerithiopsis (Cerithiopsidella), Cerithiopsis (Cerithiopsina), Cerithiopsis (Cerithiopsis), Cerithiopsis (Heterocerithiopsis), Cerithiopsis (Laskeya), Cerithiopsis alcima, Cerithiopsis aldrichi, Cerithiopsis alternata, Cerithiopsis andersoni, Cerithiopsis aralia, Cerithiopsis bolingerensis, Cerithiopsis calvertensis, Cerithiopsis carmenensis, Cerithiopsis carpenteri, Cerithiopsis cesta, Cerithiopsis dautzenbergi, Cerithiopsis diagona, Cerithiopsis discreta, Cerithiopsis emersoni, Cerithiopsis emersonii, Cerithiopsis excelsus, Cerithiopsis gemmulosa, Cerithiopsis greenii, Cerithiopsis greggiensis, Cerithiopsis halia, Cerithiopsis hauniensis, Cerithiopsis inopinus, Cerithiopsis jacksonensis, Cerithiopsis lechuzaensis, Cerithiopsis llajasensis, Cerithiopsis meeki, Cerithiopsis mekranica, Cerithiopsis merriami, Cerithiopsis nana, Cerithiopsis newcombei, Cerithiopsis orovillensis, Cerithiopsis oxys, Cerithiopsis palmerae, Cerithiopsis pedroana, Cerithiopsis punjabensis, Cerithiopsis pustuloclathrata, Cerithiopsis stantoni, Cerithiopsis stejnegeri, Cerithiopsis subulata, Cerithiopsis tubercularis, Cerithiopsis veatchiana, Cerithiopsis vilsundensis, Cerithiopsis vinca, Cerithiopsis washingtoniana

Type specimen: USNM (lost), a shell

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Lumberyard, San Pedro - Upper San Pedro Series [Palos Verdes Sand] (Quaternary of California)

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