Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
Full reference: F. M. Anderson and G. D. Hanna. 1925. Fauna and stratigraphic relations of the Tejon Eocene at the type locality in Kern County, California. Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences 11:1-249
Belongs to Surcula according to F. M. Anderson and G. D. Hanna 1925
Sister taxa: Turricula (Crenaturricula), Turricula (Leptosurcula), Turricula (Turricula), Turricula beanensis, Turricula bremertonensis, Turricula burroensis, Turricula buwaldana, Turricula calafia, Turricula cooperi, Turricula emerita, Turricula eolavinia, Turricula esdailei, Turricula excelsa, Turricula flammea, Turricula fluctuosa, Turricula hanguensis, Turricula haydeni, Turricula kayalensis, Turricula keaseyensis, Turricula kincaidi, Turricula maculosa, Turricula mclellani, Turricula nelliae, Turricula nigricans, Turricula ochsneri, Turricula piercei, Turricula plutonica, Turricula praepromensis, Turricula promensis, Turricula rossellae, Turricula sethuramae, Turricula spuria, Turricula taurina, Turricula terryi, Turricula thangaensis, Turricula tornata, Turricula uvasana, Turricula waringi, Turricula washingtoniana, Surcula fairbanksi, Surcula culleni, Surcula ingens, Surcula andersoni, Surcula mayi, Surcula thompsoni, Surcula riomaonis, Surcula labiata, Surcula cowlitzensis, Surcula sullana, Surcula holwayi, Surcula decipiens, Surcula marylandica, Surcula birmanica, Surcula wateleti, Surcula evermanni, Surcula clarki, Surcula strigosa, Surcula polyappellatia, Surcula karenaica, Surcula merriami, Surcula africana, Surcula piura, Surcula binotata, Surcula washingtoniana, Surcula iravadica, Turricula (Surcula) steinbacherae, Turris (Surcula) rhines
Type specimen: CAS 866. Its type locality is CAS loc. 245, Grapevine Canyon, which is in an Eocene marginal marine sandstone/shale in the Tejon Formation of California.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: California collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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