Melanella bolivarensis Clark and Durham 1946 (snail)

Gastropoda - Vanikoroidea - Eulimidae

Full reference: B. L. Clark and J. W. Durham. 1946. Eocene Faunas from the Department of Bolivar, Colombia. Geological Society of America Memoir 16:1-126

Belongs to Melanella according to B. L. Clark and J. W. Durham 1946

Sister taxa: Melanella (Melanella), Melanella (Polygyreulima), Melanella acuella, Melanella arnoldi, Melanella badenia, Melanella coalingana, Melanella conoidea, Melanella dufresnei, Melanella eborea, Melanella fossilis, Melanella indicaformis, Melanella jacksonensis, Melanella jamaicensis, Melanella kaiparaensis, Melanella karsteni, Melanella migrans, Melanella seymourensis, Melanella thersites, Melanella waikomitica

Type specimen: CAS 7940, a partial shell

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at C.A.S. locality 31694, Colombia (Eocene of Colombia)

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