Neptunea (Sulcosipho) magna stantoni Arnold 1908 (true whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Alternative combinations: Chrysodomus stantoni, Neptunea stantoni

Full reference: R. Arnold. 1908. Descriptions of new Cretaceous and Tertiary fossils from the Santa Cruz Mountains, California. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 34(1617):345-389

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

See also Arnold 1908 and Woodring and Bramlette 1950

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: USNM 165475, a shell

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at USGS loc. 4473, Waldorf Asphalt Mine, Casmalia Hills (Pliocene of California)

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