Niso pistiliformis Anderson and Hanna 1925 (snail)

Gastropoda - Vanikoroidea - Eulimidae

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 Niso according to F. M. Anderson and G. D. Hanna 1925

Sister taxa: Niso (Niso), Niso antiselli, Niso cottonwoodensis, Niso eburnea, Niso kimberi, Niso lineata, Niso littlei, Niso polita, Niso umbilicata

Type specimen: CAS 841. Its type locality is CAS loc. 244, Live Oak Canyon, which is in an Eocene marginal marine sandstone/shale in the Tejon Formation of California.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at CAS loc. 244, Live Oak Canyon

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