New Late Cretaceous gastropods from the Pacific slope of North America

• Published in: Journal of paleontology Vol. 75; no. 1; pp. 46 - 65
• Main Authors: Squires, R L, Saul, L R
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.01.2001
• Subjects: Gastropoda; North America
• ISSN: 0022-3360
• DOI: 10.1043/0022-3360(2001)075(0046:NLCGFT)2.0.CO;2

Two new genera and ten new species of shallow-marine, warm-water gastropods are reported from several Upper Cretaceous formations found between British Columbia and southern California. The buccinid Zaglenum new genus is represented by two new species and the turbinellid Fimbrivasum new genus is represented by three new species. The nododelphinulid Trochacanthus pacificus new species is the first record of this genus in the Western Hemisphere, and the procerthiid Nudivagus? califus new species could be the first record of this genus on the Pacific slope of North America. The xenophorid Xenophora (Endoptygma) hermax new species is only the second known Cretaceous species of this genus on the Pacific slope of North America, and this species establishes that Endoptygma Gabb, 1877, is a valid taxon. The neritid Otostoma sharonae new species is only the fourth known Cretaceous species of this genus on the Pacific slope of North America. The ringiculid Ringicula? (Ringiculopsis?) hesperiae new species is the first Campanian record of this genus on the Pacific slope of North America and the first recognition of this subgenus in this area.