Neptunea (Colus) eurekaensis Martin 1914 (true whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Alternative combination: Chrysodomus eurekaensis

Full reference: B. Martin. 1914. Descriptions of new species of fossil Mollusca from the later marine Neocene of California. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 8(7):181-202

Belongs to Neptunea (Colus) according to U. S. Grant, IV and H. R. Gale 1931

See also Martin 1914

Sister taxa: Colus (Aulacofusus), Colus altus, Colus arctatus, Colus gracilis, Colus hollboelli, Colus islandicus, Colus precursor, Colus pygmaeus, Colus rearensis, Colus sekiuensis, Colus stimpsoni, Neptunea (Colus) aphela, Neptunea (Colus) arctica, Neptunea (Colus) griseus, Neptunea (Colus) halibrectus, Neptunea (Colus) jordani, Neptunea (Colus) merriami, Neptunea (Colus) purisimaensis, Tritonofusus (Plicifusus), Tritonofusus fortunasensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is UCMP loc1878, Eel River, which is in a Pliocene coastal horizon in the Rio Dell Formation of California.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of United States (2: California collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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