Tritonalia subangulata waldorfensis Arnold 1908 (murex snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Alternative combination: Ocinebra micheli waldorfensis

Full reference: R. Arnold. 1908. New and characteristic species of fossil mollusks from the oil-bearing Tertiary formations of Santa Barbara County, California. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Contributions 50(4):419-436

Belongs to Tritonalia subangulata according to U. S. Grant, IV and H. R. Gale 1931

See also Arnold 1908

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: USNM 165261. Its type locality is USGS loc. 4473, Waldorf Asphalt Mine, Casmalia Hills, which is in a Piacenzian offshore mudstone in the Foxen Mudstone Formation of California.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at USGS loc. 4473, Waldorf Asphalt Mine, Casmalia Hills

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