Lunatia obliquata Hall and Meek 1855 (moon snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae

Alternative combination: Natica obliquata

Full reference: J. Hall and F. B. Meek. 1855. Descriptions of New Species of Fossils, from the Cretaceous Formations of Nebraska, with Observations upon Baculites ovatus and B. compressus, and the Progressive Development of the Septa in Baculites, Ammonites, and Scaphites. Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 5(2):379-411

Belongs to Lunatia according to W. M. Gabb 1876

See also Hall and Meek 1855

Sister taxa: Lunatia chulucana, Lunatia climacodes, Lunatia hemicrypta, Lunatia klipsteini, Lunatia leptostomata, Polinices (Lunatia) utoensis

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (3: Alberta, Saskatchewan collections), United States (2: North Carolina, South Dakota)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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