Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pyropsidae
Full reference: R. L. Squires. 2011. Northeast Pacific Cretaceous record of Pyropsis (Neogastropoda: Pyropsidae) and paleobiogeography of the genus. Journal of Paleontology 85(6):1199-1215
Belongs to Pyropsis according to R. L. Squires 2011
Sister taxa: Pyropsis africana, Pyropsis alabamensis, Pyropsis aldersoni, Pyropsis australis, Pyropsis bairdi, Pyropsis californica, Pyropsis coloradoensis, Pyropsis cornutus, Pyropsis elevata, Pyropsis elongata, Pyropsis fantozzii, Pyropsis filamentosa, Pyropsis forbesiana, Pyropsis gabbi, Pyropsis grahami, Pyropsis hombroniana, Pyropsis interstriata, Pyropsis interstriatus, Pyropsis lanhami, Pyropsis nodifera, Pyropsis nodulifera, Pyropsis patagonica, Pyropsis perlata, Pyropsis perornatus, Pyropsis prolixa, Pyropsis proxima, Pyropsis richardsonii, Pyropsis septemlirata, Pyropsis spinosus, Pyropsis striata, Pyropsis trochiformis, Pyropsis zinsmeisteri
Type specimen: LACMIP 13726. Its type locality is LACMIP loc. 26011, Old Cow Creek, which is in a Coniacian/Santonian marine sandstone in the Redding Formation of California.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at LACMIP loc. 26011, Old Cow Creek
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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