Narona cooperi Gabb 1865 (Cooper's nutmeg)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae

Alternative combinations: Cancellaria (Narona) cooperii, Cancellaria (Progabbia) cooperi

Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1865. Description of new species of marine shells from the coast of California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (First Series) 3:182-109

Belongs to Narona according to J. W. Valentine 1959

See also Arnold 1903, Dall 1921, Gabb 1865, Grant, IV and Gale 1931, Hendy 2021 and Woodring et al. 1946

Sister taxa: Cancellaria (Narona) birchi, Cancellaria (Narona) coensis, Narona agria, Narona barystoma, Narona bulbrooki, Narona clavatula, Narona decaptyx, Narona exopleura, Narona pajana, Narona semota, Narona trema

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at UCLA loc. 3657, Huntington Beach Mesa (Quaternary of California)

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