Siphonalia (Nassicola) bicarinata wheatlandensis Clark and Anderson 1938 (true whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Alternative combination: Siphonalia bicarinata wheatlandensis

Full reference: B. L. Clark and C. A. Anderson. 1938. Wheatland Formation and its relation to Early Tertiary andesites in the Sierra Nevada. Geological Society Of America Bulletin 49:931-956

Belongs to Siphonalia (Nassicola) bicarinata according to J. W. Ruth 1942

See also Clark and Anderson 1938

Sister taxa: Siphonalia (Nassicola) bicarinata crooki, Siphonalia (Nassicola) bicarinata monospina, Siphonalia (Nassicola) bicarinata packi

Type specimen: UCMP 30421

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at UCMP loc. A1889, Wheatland (Eocene of California)

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