Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Tylostomatidae
Alternative combination: Phasianella garzana
Full reference: F. M. Anderson. 1958. Upper Cretaceous of the Pacific Coast. Geological Society of America Memoir 71:1-378
Belongs to Tylostoma according to R. L. Squires and L. R. Saul 2004
Sister taxa: Tylostoma (Tylostoma), Tylostoma aequatoriale, Tylostoma allisoni, Tylostoma cossoni, Tylostoma globosum, Tylostoma laharpi, Tylostoma materinum, Tylostoma minimum, Tylostoma ovatum, Tylostoma pallaryi, Tylostoma pechueli, Tylostoma sergipensis, Tylostoma torrubiae, Tylostoma whitei, Varicigera choffati
Type specimen: Its type locality is CAS loc28311, Los Baños Creek, which is in a Maastrichtian/Maastrichtian marine sandstone in the Moreno Formation of California.
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (5: California collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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