Burnupena rogersi Kensley and Pether 1986 (true whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Full reference: B. Kensley and J. Pether. 1986. Late Tertiary and Early Quaternary Fossil Mollusca for the Hondeklip Area, Cape Province, South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 97(6):141-225

Belongs to Burnupena according to B. Kensley and J. Pether 1986

Sister taxon: Burnupena aestus

Type specimen: SAM-PQ-HB539, a shell. Its type locality is Avontuur A 50m complex 1, which is in a Pliocene coastal horizon in South Africa.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Avontuur A 50m complex 1

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