Gastropoda - Trochoidea - Turbinidae
Full reference: G. Ponzi. 1876. I fossile del Monte Vaticano. Atti della Reale Accademia dei Lincei, Serie Seconda 3(2):925-959
Belongs to Delphinula according to G. Ponzi 1876
Sister taxa: Angaria (Angaria), Angaria (Pseudoninella), Angaria calvii, Angaria cingulata, Angaria coronata, Angaria crassa, Angaria pakistanica, Angaria scobina, Angaria sphaerula, Delphinula delphinus, Delphinula gervilii, Delphinula calcar, Delphinula turbinoides, Delphinula infundibulata, Delphinula varia, Delphinula plana, Delphinula canalifera, Delphinula lima, Delphinula striata, Delphinula laciniata, Delphinula sulcata, Delphinula laevigata, Delphinula warnii, Delphinula spirorbis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Cava Vannutelli quarry, Monte Vaticano, which is in a Zanclean deep-water marl in the Monte Vaticano Formation of Holy See (Vatican City State)
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution: found only at Cava Vannutelli quarry, Monte Vaticano
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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