Cerithiopsis lechuzaensis Rivera 1957 (snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cerithiopsidae

Full reference: R. Rivera. 1957. Moluscos fosiles de la Formacion Paracas, Dpto. de Ica. Sociedad Geologica del Peru Primer Congreso Nacional de Geologia Anales - Parte II 32:165-219

Belongs to Cerithiopsis according to R. Rivera 1957

Sister taxa: Cerithiopsis (Alipta), Cerithiopsis (Cerithiopsida), Cerithiopsis (Cerithiopsidella), Cerithiopsis (Cerithiopsina), Cerithiopsis (Cerithiopsis), Cerithiopsis (Heterocerithiopsis), Cerithiopsis (Laskeya), Cerithiopsis aldrichi, Cerithiopsis alternata, Cerithiopsis andersoni, Cerithiopsis aralia, Cerithiopsis bolingerensis, Cerithiopsis calvertensis, Cerithiopsis carmenensis, Cerithiopsis diagona, Cerithiopsis discreta, Cerithiopsis emersoni, Cerithiopsis emersonii, Cerithiopsis excelsus, Cerithiopsis fasteni, Cerithiopsis gemmulosa, Cerithiopsis greenii, Cerithiopsis greggiensis, Cerithiopsis hauniensis, Cerithiopsis inopinus, Cerithiopsis jacksonensis, Cerithiopsis llajasensis, Cerithiopsis meeki, Cerithiopsis mekranica, Cerithiopsis nana, Cerithiopsis newcombei, Cerithiopsis orovillensis, Cerithiopsis palmerae, Cerithiopsis pedroana, Cerithiopsis punjabensis, Cerithiopsis pustuloclathrata, Cerithiopsis stantoni, Cerithiopsis stejnegeri, Cerithiopsis subulata, Cerithiopsis tubercularis, Cerithiopsis veatchiana, Cerithiopsis vinca, Cerithiopsis williamsoni

Type specimen: Its type locality is Bahia Lechuza, which is in an Eocene marine sandstone in the Paracas Formation of Peru

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Bahia Lechuza

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