Siphonalia packi Dickerson 1917 (true whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Alternative combination: Strepsidura packi

Full reference: R. E. Dickerson. 1917. Climate and its influence upon the Oligocene faunas of the Pacific Coast, with descriptions of some new species from the Molopophorus lincolnensis Zone. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 7(6):157-192

Belongs to Siphonalia according to W. L. Effinger 1938

See also Dickerson 1917

Sister taxa: Siphonalia (Eosiphonalia), Siphonalia (Siphonalia), Siphonalia acuta, Siphonalia ariejansseni, Siphonalia belenensis, Siphonalia bryani, Siphonalia calvertana, Siphonalia cassidariaeformis, Siphonalia cotteri, Siphonalia danvillensis, Siphonalia devexus, Siphonalia dilatata, Siphonalia guineensis, Siphonalia hadlockensis, Siphonalia ishikariana, Siphonalia jacksonia, Siphonalia johnsoni, Siphonalia kalpanae, Siphonalia lineata, Siphonalia longirostris, Siphonalia nigeriensis, Siphonalia nipponica, Siphonalia nuntia, Siphonalia paradoxica, Siphonalia phosoidea, Siphonalia pritilatae, Siphonalia roblini, Siphonalia rodeoensis, Siphonalia sakakurai, Siphonalia shojii, Siphonalia signa, Siphonalia spatiosa, Siphonalia sullivani, Siphonalia supragranulata, Siphonalia teglandae, Siphonalia tessaria, Siphonalia trilica, Siphonalia vistaensis, Siphonalia washingtonensis

Type specimen: CAS 425. 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 (2: Washington collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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