Gastropoda - Trochoidea - Turbinidae
Alternative combinations: Astraea (Pomaulax) gradata, Pomaulax gradatus
Full reference: U. S. Grant, IV and H. R. Gale. 1931. Catalogue of the Marine Pliocene and Pleistocene Mollusca of California. Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History 1:1-1036
Belongs to Pomaulax according to R. L. Squires 2012
See also Grant, IV and Gale 1931, Hall 2002, Stanton 1966 and Winterer and Durham 1962
Sister taxa: Astraea (Pomaulax) biangulata, Astraea (Pomaulax) breaensis, Astraea (Pomaulax) morani, Pomaulax gibberosa
Type specimen: SDSNH 286, a shell
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Pliocene of United States (19: California collections)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (1: California)
Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence
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