Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Siphonaliidae
Alternative combinations: Cantharus humerosus, Neptunea humerosa
Synonyms: Cantharus arnoldi Rivers 1904, Cantharus ashleyi Carson 1925, Cantharus breaensis Carson 1925, Cantharus elsmerensis Carson 1925, Chrysodomus arnoldi Rivers 1904
Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1869. Section I. Tertiary Invertebrate Fossils. Part II. Description of New Species (Continued). Palaeontology of California, Volume II, Cretaceous and Tertiary Fossils 39-64
Belongs to Calicantharus according to Woodring in Winterer and Durham 1962
See also Carson 1925, Gabb 1869, Grant, IV and Gale 1931, Kern 1973 and Stewart 1927
Sister taxa: Calicantharus branneri, Calicantharus dalli, Calicantharus fortis, Calicantharus kernensis, Calicantharus kettlemanensis, Cantharus (Calicantharus) califomicus
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (1: California collection)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (5: California)
• Pliocene of United States (44: California)
• Miocene of United States (2: California)
Total: 52 collections including 54 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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