Two New Fossil Gastropod Taxa from the Southeastern United States
Abstract
Two new fossil gastropod taxa are described from the Neogene of the southeastern United States, including a new subspecies of ocenebrine muricid, Ecphora (Powhatan) gardnerae jefersoni Petuch and Berschauer, new subspecies, from the basal beds of the Claremont Manor Member of the Eastover Formation, Chesapeake Group of Maryland and Virginia. A new genus of scaphelline volute, Bruggemania Petuch and Berschauer, new genus, is also described for several highly sculptured species from the late Pliocene Duplin Formation and early Pleistocene Waccamaw Formation of the Carolinas
Fields of Study & Subjects
Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
Evolution and Paleontology Studies
Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology
Publication details
- Journal / source
- The Festivus
- Volume
- 58
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 33–37
- Publication date
- 28 January 2026