Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Haliotidae
Full reference: W. P. Woodring. 1931. A Miocene Haliotis from Southern California. Journal of Paleontology 5(1):34-39
Belongs to Haliotis according to W. P. Woodring 1931
Sister taxa: Haliotis (Haliotis), Haliotis (Padollus), Haliotis (Sulculus), Haliotis antillesensis, Haliotis asinina, Haliotis brazieri, Haliotis corrugata, Haliotis cracherodii, Haliotis elsmerensis, Haliotis fulgens, Haliotis koticki, Haliotis laevigata, Haliotis lasia, Haliotis lomaensis, Haliotis roei, Haliotis ruber, Haliotis rufescens, Haliotis saldanhae, Haliotis scalaris, Haliotis tuberculata, Haliotis varia
Type specimen: CIT 1205. Its type locality is CIT loc. 52, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in the Modelo Formation of California.
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution: found only at CIT loc. 52
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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