Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
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 Fasciolaria according to B. Kensley and J. Pether 1986
Sister taxa: Fasciolaria (Fasciolaria), Fasciolaria (Triplofusus), Fasciolaria beaufortensis, Fasciolaria bilineata, Fasciolaria buwaldana, Fasciolaria carminamaris, Fasciolaria chatsworthensis, Fasciolaria concinna, Fasciolaria fusilla, Fasciolaria jacksonensis, Fasciolaria juncea, Fasciolaria laeviuscula, Fasciolaria lastroensis, Fasciolaria macdonaldi, Fasciolaria oweni, Fasciolaria petrosa, Fasciolaria plexa, Fasciolaria ramondi, Fasciolaria semistriata, Fasciolaria tulipa
Type specimen: SAM-PQ-AV547, a shell. Its type locality is Avontuur A 50m complex 3, which is in a Pliocene shoreface horizon in South Africa.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Avontuur A 50m complex 3
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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