Lacinia dubia Merriam and Turner 1937 (true whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Full reference: C. W. Merriam and F. E. Turner. 1937. The Capay Middle Eocene of Northern California. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 24(6):91-114

Belongs to Lacinia according to C. W. Merriam and F. E. Turner 1937

Sister taxa: Lacinia alveata, Lacinia claibornensis, Lacinia minbuensis

Type specimen: UCMP 33703. Its type locality is UCMP loc. A-1314, Smith Canyon, Capay Valley, which is in a Ypresian deep subtidal mudstone/conglomerate in the Capay Formation of California.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at UCMP loc. A-1314, Smith Canyon, Capay Valley

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