Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Full reference: N. M. Tegland. 1933. The fauna of the type Blakeley Upper Oligocene of Washington. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 23(3):81-174
Belongs to Natica (Natica) according to L. Marincovich 1977
See also Durham 1944 and Effinger 1938
Sister taxa: Natica (Natica) castrenoides, Natica (Natica) clarki, Natica (Natica) cuspidata, Natica (Natica) grayi, Natica (Natica) inexpectans, Natica (Natica) kanakoffi, Natica (Natica) mamilla, Natica (Natica) millepunctata, Natica (Natica) peruviana, Natica (Natica) saxea, Natica (Natica) sigillata
Type specimen: UCMP 32183
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (2: Washington collections)
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Oregon)
• Eocene of United States (17: Oregon, Washington)
Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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