Mollusks from late Mesozoic seep deposits, chiefly in California
Author
Kaim, Andrzej
Author
Jenkins, Robert G.
Author
Tanabe, Kazushige
Author
Kiel, Steffen
text
Zootaxa
2014
3861
5
401
440
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3861.5.1
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Pseudanchura biangulata
(
Anderson, 1938
)
(
Fig. 9A–D
)
1938
Anchura biangulata
Anderson
,
n. sp.
;
Anderson 1938
, pl. 9, figs. 4–6.
Description.
The best preserved specimen (CAS 73132) is composed of six high-spired whorls. Two earliest are rounded with poorly visible ornamentation spiral riblets while the third whorl bears no ornamentation apart from strong median keel. The aperture and apertural extensions not preserved in the investigated specimens.
Material and occurrence.
Two poorly preserved juvenile specimens (
CAS
73132, 73133). Eagle Creek (Late Barremian, Early Cretaceous).
Remarks.
P. biangulata
has been reported from a couple of localities in the Ono area by
Anderson (1938)
and it remains uncertain whether they were seep locations or "normal" deep water sediments. Most likely the association of
P. biangulata
with seep carbonates is fortuitous as aporrhaids are gastropods typical for soft bottom marine environments during Mesozoic times and they have been found at various Jurassic to Paleocene seep deposits (
Kaim
et al.
2008b
; Kiel
et al.
2010, 2013;
Agirrezabala
et al.
2013
).