Natica (Tectonatica) gabbi Clark 1918 (moon snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae

Full reference: B. L. Clark. 1918. The San Lorenzo series of Middle California. a stratigraphic and paleontologic study of the San Lorenzo Oligocene series of the general region of Mount Diablo, California. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 11(2):45-234

Belongs to Natica (Tectonatica) according to L. Marincovich 1977

Sister taxa: Natica (Tectonatica) janthostoma, Tectonatica albertii, Tectonatica consimilis, Tectonatica dertomamilla, Tectonatica impervia, Tectonatica pasinii, Tectonatica pusilla, Tectonatica rupeliana, Tectonatica tectula

Type specimen: UCMP 11252, a shell. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 1131, Walnut Creek, which is in an Oligocene marine horizon in California.

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Natica (Tectonatica) gabbi in the database

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