Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Alternative combination: Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) himerta
Full reference: T. S. Oldroyd. 1925. The fossils of the Lower San Pedro fauna of the Nob Hill cut, San Pedro, California. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 65(2535):1-39
Belongs to Pyrgiscus according to A. Hendy 2021
See also Oldroyd 1925
Sister taxa: Pyrgiscus antestriatus, Pyrgiscus auricoma, Pyrgiscus laminatus, Pyrgiscus latifundius, Pyrgiscus moerchi, Pyrgiscus tenuiculus, Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) adusta, Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) agrestis, Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) almo, Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) bravoensis, Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) canfieldi, Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) hormigacuesta, Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) ista, Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) sanctorum, Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) senistriata, Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) superba, Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) vexativa, Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) weldi
Type specimen: USNM 333508. Its type locality is Nob Hill cut, San Pedro, which is in a Pleistocene marine horizon in the San Pedro Sand Formation of California.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Nob Hill cut, San Pedro
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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