Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Alternative combinations: Fusus occidentalis, Pseudoperissolax occidentalis
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
Belongs to Cantharus according to M. A. Murphy and P. U. Rodda 1960
See also Gabb 1869 and Stewart 1927
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 perrini, Cantharus polygona, Cantharus sanguinolentus, Cantharus tranquebaricus, Cantharus varicosus, Cantharus variegatus, Tritonidea (Cantharus) speciosa
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (11: California collections)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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