Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cerithiopsidae
Alternative combination: Triforis washingtoniana
Synonym: Triforis martini Dickerson 1917
Full reference: R. E. Dickerson. 1915. Fauna of the Type Tejon: Its relation to the Cowlitz Phase of the Tejon Group of Washington. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 5(3):33-98
Belongs to Cerithiopsis according to W. L. Effinger 1938
See also Dickerson 1915 and Dickerson 1917
Sister taxa: Cerithiopsis (Alipta), Cerithiopsis (Cerithiopsida), Cerithiopsis (Cerithiopsidella), Cerithiopsis (Cerithiopsina), Cerithiopsis (Cerithiopsis), Cerithiopsis (Heterocerithiopsis), Cerithiopsis (Laskeya), Cerithiopsis alcima, Cerithiopsis aldrichi, Cerithiopsis alternata, Cerithiopsis andersoni, Cerithiopsis aralia, Cerithiopsis bolingerensis, Cerithiopsis calvertensis, Cerithiopsis carmenensis, Cerithiopsis carpenteri, Cerithiopsis cesta, Cerithiopsis columna, Cerithiopsis dautzenbergi, Cerithiopsis diagona, Cerithiopsis discreta, Cerithiopsis emersoni, Cerithiopsis emersonii, Cerithiopsis excelsus, Cerithiopsis gemmulosa, Cerithiopsis greenii, Cerithiopsis greggiensis, Cerithiopsis halia, Cerithiopsis hauniensis, Cerithiopsis inopinus, Cerithiopsis jacksonensis, Cerithiopsis lechuzaensis, Cerithiopsis llajasensis, Cerithiopsis mekranica, Cerithiopsis merriami, Cerithiopsis nana, Cerithiopsis newcombei, Cerithiopsis orovillensis, Cerithiopsis oxys, Cerithiopsis palmerae, Cerithiopsis pedroana, Cerithiopsis punjabensis, Cerithiopsis pustuloclathrata, Cerithiopsis stantoni, Cerithiopsis stejnegeri, Cerithiopsis subulata, Cerithiopsis tubercularis, Cerithiopsis veatchiana, Cerithiopsis vilsundensis, Cerithiopsis vinca, Cerithiopsis williamsoni
Type specimens:
- Cerithiopsis washingtoniana: CAS 308. Its type locality is CAS loc. 183, Big Bend of Cowlitz River, which is in a Bartonian marine mudstone/sandstone in the Cowlitz Formation of Washington.
- Triforis martini: CAS 421. Its type locality is CAS loc. 181, Cowlitz River, 4mi E. of Vader, which is in an Eocene coastal sandstone/conglomerate in Washington.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (6: Washington collections)
Total: 6 collections including 7 occurrences
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