Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Alternative combination: Murex (Ocinebra) tethys
Invalid subtaxa: Chrysodomus packardi Nomland 1917 [replaced name], Chrysodomus praenominata Hanna 1924
Full reference: J. O. Nomland. 1917. The Etchegoin Pliocene of middle California. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geology 10(14):191-254
Belongs to Tritonalia according to U. S. Grant, IV and H. R. Gale 1931
See also Hanna 1924 and Nomland 1917
Sister taxa: Purpura (Tritonalia) vindobonensis, Tritonalia dorrancei, Tritonalia quilonica, Tritonalia suborbiculata, Tritonalia temelenta, Tritonalia volutaeformis, Tritonalia ynezana
Type specimens:
- Tritonalia tethys: UCMP 11099. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 2986, Kreyenhagen Hills, which is in a Pliocene marginal marine sandstone/conglomerate in the Etchegoin Formation of California.
- Chrysodomus packardi: UCMP 11096.
- Chrysodomus praenominata:
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of United States (5: California collections)
• Miocene of United States (4: California)
Total: 9 collections including 10 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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