Tegula jeanae Squires and Saul 2005 (snail)

Gastropoda - Trochoidea - Tegulidae

Full reference: R. L. Squires and L. R. Saul. 2005. New Late Cretaceous (Santonian and Campanian) gastropods from California and Baja California, Mexico. The Nautilus 119(4):133-148

Belongs to Tegula according to R. L. Squires and L. R. Saul 2005

Sister taxa: Tegula (Tegula), Tegula forbesi, Tegula marylandicum, Tegula masiasi, Tegula melaleucos, Tegula pellisserpentis, Tegula reticulata, Tegula rugosa, Tegula thea, Tegula tridentata, Tegula varistriata, Agathistoma eiseni, Agathistoma excavata, Agathistoma panamensis, Agathistoma antiqua, Agathistoma paraguanensis, Agathistoma viridula, Agathistoma verrucosa, Agathistoma fasciata, Agathistoma patagonicum, Promartynia pulligo

Type specimen: LACMIP 13323, a shell

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at LACMIP 24337 - Pentz Road Mbr, Chico Fm (Cretaceous of California)

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