Gastropoda - Neritoidea - Neritidae
Full reference: B. L. Clark. 1938. Fauna from the Markley Formation (Upper Eocene) on Pleasant Creek, California . Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 49:683-730
Belongs to Nerita according to B. L. Clark 1938
Sister taxa: Nerita (Amphinerita), Nerita (Bajanerita), Nerita (Chingua), Nerita (Linnerita), Nerita (Nerita), Nerita (Ritena), Nerita (Theliostyla), Nerita (Trochonerita), Nerita atramentosa, Nerita balteata, Nerita beali, Nerita biangulata, Nerita compacta, Nerita conoidea, Nerita cooki, Nerita costata, Nerita decorata, Nerita deformis, Nerita filosa, Nerita globosa, Nerita granulosa, Nerita hadra, Nerita helicina, Nerita klipsteini, Nerita listrota, Nerita malheiroi, Nerita mammaria, Nerita multigranosa, Nerita munita, Nerita oligopleura, Nerita ornata, Nerita ornata, Nerita orovillensis, Nerita oviformis, Nerita palaeomorpha, Nerita planospira, Nerita pulligera, Nerita reticulirata, Nerita rumphi, Nerita salsa, Nerita semilevis, Nerita squamulata, Nerita squatina, Nerita subgranulosa, Nerita tessellata, Nerita tricarinata, Nerita undata, Nerita versicolor, Nerita violacea, Nerita vokesi
Type specimen: UCMP 30893. Its type locality is UCMP A1297, which is in an Eocene marine sandstone in the Markley Formation of California.
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution: found only at UCMP A1297
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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