Whitneyella gabbi Dickerson 1917 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae

Alternative combination: Fasciolaria gabbi

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 Whitneyella according to W. L. Effinger 1938

See also Dickerson 1917

Sister taxa: Perse corrugatum, Perse markleyensis, Perse olympicensis, Perse pittsburgensis, Perse teglandae, Perse tuberculatum, Perse washingtoniana, Whitneyella oregonensis, Fusus martinezensis, Whitneyella sinuata, Whitneyella martinez, Whitneyella meganosensis, Whitneyella coosensis

Type specimen: CAS 413. 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 (4: Washington collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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