Neptunea (Sulcosipho) lawsoni Martin 1914 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neptuneidae

Alternative combination: Chrysodomus lawsoni

Full reference: B. Martin. 1914. Descriptions of new species of fossil Mollusca from the later marine Neocene of California. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 8(7):181-202

Belongs to Neptunea (Sulcosipho) according to U. S. Grant, IV and H. R. Gale 1931

See also Martin 1914

Sister taxa: Neptunea (Sulcosipho) angulata, Neptunea (Sulcosipho) eatoni, Neptunea (Sulcosipho) magna, Neptunea (Sulcosipho) postplanatus, Neptunea (Sulcosipho) scotiaensis, Neptunea (Sulcosipho) tabulata

Type specimen: Its type locality is UCMP loc1878, Eel River, which is in a Pliocene coastal horizon in the Rio Dell Formation of California.

Ecology: epifaunal

Distribution:

• Pliocene of United States (2: California collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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