Latisipho riversi Martin 1914 (true whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Alternative combinations: Colus (Latisipho) riversi, Neptunea (Colus) riversi, Tritonofusus riversi

Full reference: B. Martin. 1914. Descriptions of new species of fossil Mollusca from the later marine Neocene of California. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 8(7):181-202

Belongs to Latisipho according to A. Hendy 2021

See also Grant, IV and Gale 1931, Martin 1914 and Waterfall 1929

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Timms Point - "Pliocene" [Timms Point Silt], which is in a Pleistocene coastal siltstone in the Timms Point Silt Formation of California

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (2: California collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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