Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Alternative spelling: Calicantharus
Full reference: B. L. Clark. 1938. Fauna from the Markley Formation (Upper Eocene) on Pleasant Creek, California . Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 49:683-730
Parent taxon: Cantharus according to B. L. Clark 1938
See also Addicott 1970, Hendy et al. 2008, Sepkoski 2002 and Titova 1994
Sister taxa: Cantharus (Cantharus), Cantharus (Endopachychilus), Cantharus (Eocantharus), Cantharus (Pollia), Cantharus (Zeapollia), Cantharus andoi, Cantharus brongniartianus, Cantharus bucklandi, Cantharus cowlitzensis, Cantharus erythrostoma, Cantharus lugubris, Cantharus luliana, Cantharus martiniana, Cantharus occidentalis, Cantharus perrini, Cantharus polygona, Cantharus sanguinolentus, Cantharus tranquebaricus, Cantharus varicosus, Cantharus variegatus, Tritonidea (Cantharus) speciosa
Subtaxa: Calicantharus branneri Calicantharus dalli Calicantharus fortis Calicantharus humerosus Calicantharus kernensis Calicantharus kettlemanensis Cantharus (Calicantharus) californicus
Type: Cantharus (Calicantharus) californicus
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (25: California collections)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (14: California)
• Pliocene of United States (54: California)
• Miocene of United States (21: California)
• Oligocene of Canada (2: British Columbia), United States (3: California)
• Eocene of United States (1: California)
Total: 120 collections including 146 occurrences