Columbella (Mitrella) tenuilineata Clark 1918 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae

Full reference: B. L. Clark. 1918. The San Lorenzo series of Middle California. a stratigraphic and paleontologic study of the San Lorenzo Oligocene series of the general region of Mount Diablo, California. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 11(2):45-234

Belongs to Columbella (Mitrella) according to B. L. Clark 1918

Sister taxa: Mitrela agenta, Mitrella (Atilia), Mitrella (Mitrella), Mitrella (Mitrella), Mitrella anchuela, Mitrella broderipi, Mitrella cantaurana, Mitrella debooyi, Mitrella edensis, Mitrella epacta, Mitrella gardnerae, Mitrella gausapata, Mitrella grandior, Mitrella guttata, Mitrella hayesorum, Mitrella hilberi, Mitrella limonensis, Mitrella mikra, Mitrella nanna, Mitrella ocellata, Mitrella oryzoides, Mitrella parva, Mitrella pedana, Mitrella phyllisae, Mitrella sima, Mitrella tuberosa

Type specimen: UCMP 11221. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 1131, Walnut Creek, which is in an Oligocene marine horizon in California.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at UCMP loc. 1131, Walnut Creek

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