Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Alternative combinations: Eopustularia goedertorum, Proadusta goedertorum
Full reference: L. T. Groves and R. L. Squires. 1995. First Report of the Genus Proadusta Sacco, 1894 (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae) from the Western Hemisphere, with a Description of a New Species from the Eocene of Washington. The Nautilus 109(4):113-116
Belongs to Subepona according to L. T. Groves and R. L. Squires 2023
See also Fehse 2010 and Groves and Squires 1995
Sister taxa: Subepona antiqua, Subepona herrerensis, Subepona leahae, Subepona promeces
Type specimen: LACMIP 12375, a shell. Its type locality is CSUN Loc. 1563, Larch Mountain area, Black Hills, which is in a Ypresian sand shoal mudstone in the Crescent Formation of Washington.
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (3: California, Washington collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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