Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Alternative combination: Searlesia branneri
Full reference: B. L. Clark and R. Arnold. 1923. Fauna of the Sooke Formation Vancouver Island. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 14(5):123-234
Belongs to Calicantharus according to W. O. Addicott 1973
See also Clark and Arnold 1923
Sister taxa: Calicantharus dalli, Calicantharus fortis, Calicantharus humerosus, Calicantharus kernensis, Calicantharus kettlemanensis, Cantharus (Calicantharus) californicus
Type specimen: UCMP IP30068. Its type locality is Kirby Creek, east, which is in a Chattian marine sandstone in the Sooke Formation of Canada.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Canada (2: British Columbia collections), United States (1: California)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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