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Tessarolax bicarinata Gabb 1868 (snail)

Gastropoda - Stromboidea - Aporrhaidae

PaleoDB taxon number: 338273

Alternative combinations: Pterocera bicarinata, Rostellaria bicarinata

Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1868. Section II. Cretaceous Fossils. Part I. Description of New Species. Palaeontology of California, Volume II, Cretaceous and Tertiary Fossils 127-205

Belongs to Tessarolax according to L. R. Saul and R. L. Squires 2015

Sister taxa: Aporrhais (Tessarolax) ebrayi, Tessarolax distorta, Tessarolax inconspicua, Tessarolax incrustata, Tessarolax retusa, Tessarolax trinalis

Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore