Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Alternative combinations: Amaurellina martinezensis, Euspirocrommium martinezensis
Full reference: R. E. Dickerson. 1914. Fauna of the Martinez Eocene of California. Bulletin of the Department of Geology, University of California 6:61-180
Belongs to Amauropsis according to L. Marincovich 1977
See also Compton 1944, Nelson 1925 and Weaver 1949
Sister taxa: Amauropsis amoena, Amauropsis anderrsoni, Amauropsis andersoni, Amauropsis aureolutea, Amauropsis caloramans, Amauropsis fetteri, Amauropsis hantkeni, Amauropsis islandica, Amauropsis jacksonensis, Amauropsis macra, Amauropsis meierensis, Amauropsis notoleptos, Amauropsis papodensis, Amauropsis sanctaecrucis, Amauropsis smithiana, Amauropsis subhybrida, Amauropsis trinitatensis, Amauropsis tyrolensis, Natica (Amauropsis) japonica
Type specimen: Its type locality is UCMP 1540, Stewartville, which is in a Selandian marine sandstone in California
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (1: California collection)
• Paleocene to Eocene of United States (1: California)
• Paleocene of Mexico (2), United States (21: California)
Total: 25 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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