Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Synonym: Ampullella schencki Vokes 1939
Full reference: R. E. Dickerson. 1914. New molluscan species from the Martinez Eocene of southern California. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 8(15):299-304
Belongs to Crommium according to L. Marincovich 1977
See also Givens and Kennedy 1976 and Vokes 1939
Sister taxa: Crommium andersoni, Crommium globosa, Crommium intermedia, Crommium lignitarum, Crommium masinguiensis, Crommium nigeriense, Crommium palmasensis, Crommium palmerae, Crommium perovatum, Crommium pseudowillemeti, Crommium rouaulti, Crommium willemettii
Type specimens:
- Crommium pinyonensis: no number listed, a shell
- Ampullella schencki: UCMP 15856.
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (4: California collections)
• Paleocene of United States (2: California)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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