Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Alternative spelling: Bullia (Molopophorus)
Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1869. Section II. Cretaceous Fossils. Part I. Description of New Species. Palaeontology of California, Volume II, Cretaceous and Tertiary Fossils 127-205
Parent taxon: Nassariidae according to R. L. Squires 1984
See also Addicott 1970, Clark and Arnold 1923, Durham 1944, Moore 1976, Nagao 1928, Sepkoski 2002 and Turner 1938
Sister taxa: Amyclina, Bathynassa, Bullia, Bulliinae, Bulliopsis, Colwellia, Cyllene, Cylleninae, Dorsaninae, Engoniophos, Ilyanassa, Leptarius, Nassaria, Nassariinae, Pallacera, Phrontis, Profundinassa, Pseudostrombus, Psilarius, Sudonassarius, Tritia
Subtaxa: Molopophorus aequicostatus Molopophorus anglonana Molopophorus antiquatus Molopophorus biplicatus Molopophorus bramkampi Molopophorus californicus Molopophorus cretaceus Molopophorus crooki Molopophorus dalli Molopophorus effingeri Molopophorus gabbi Molopophorus lincolnensis Molopophorus newcombei Molopophorus stephensoni Molopophorus striatus
Type: Bullia (Molopophorus) striata
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Japan (2 collections), United States (5: Alaska, Oregon)
• Oligocene of Canada (2: British Columbia), Japan (3), United States (31: California, Oregon, Washington)
• Eocene of Canada (1: British Columbia), the Russian Federation (3), United States (34: California, Oregon, Washington)
• Paleocene of the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 82 collections including 91 occurrences
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