Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
Alternative combinations: Aesopus oldroydi, Lora oldroydi, Mangelia oldroydi
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 Oenopota according to A. Hendy 2021
Sister taxa: Oenopota pyramidalis, Lora simplex, Lora healyi, Lora inflata, Lora subluta, Lora bicarinata, Lora harpa, Lora quadra, Lora americana, Lora schantarica, Lora elegans, Lora expansa, Lora hebes, Lora pingelii, Lora tenuicostata, Lora impressa, Lora lutkeana, Lora sculpturata, Lora schmidti, Lora solida, Lora alitakensis, Lora krausei, Lora excurvata, Lora declivis, Lora nunivakensis, Lora nazanensis, Lora levidensis, Lora alaskensis, Lora laurenciana, Lora aleutica
Type specimen: USNM 162611, a shell. Its type locality is Deadman Island area - Lower San Pedro Series (1900s-1950s) [San Pedro Sand], which is in a Pleistocene coastal sandstone in the San Pedro Sand Formation of California.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Hoots locality 61, Potrero Canyon, Santa Monica Mountains
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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