†Burnupena rogersi Kensley and Pether 1986 (true whelk)
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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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