Endopachychilus blakianus Anderson and Hanna 1925 (true whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Alternative combination: Phos blakianus

Full reference: F. M. Anderson and G. D. Hanna. 1925. Fauna and stratigraphic relations of the Tejon Eocene at the type locality in Kern County, California. Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences 11:1-249

Belongs to Endopachychilus according to R. B. Stewart 1927

See also Anderson and Hanna 1925

Sister taxon: Cantharus (Endopachychilus) suturalis

Type specimen: CAS 844. Its type locality is CAS loc. 245, Grapevine Canyon, which is in an Eocene marginal marine sandstone/shale in the Tejon Formation of California.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (2: California collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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