Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
Full reference: A. A. Olsson. 1931. Contributions to the Tertiary Paleontology of Northern Peru: Part 4, The Peruvian Oligocene. Bulletins of American Paleontology 17(63)
Belongs to Surcula according to A. A. Olsson 1931
Sister taxa: Turricula (Crenaturricula), Turricula (Leptosurcula), Turricula (Turricula), Turricula beanensis, Turricula bremertonensis, Turricula bulwaldana, Turricula burroensis, Turricula calafia, Turricula cooperi, Turricula emerita, Turricula eolavinia, Turricula esdailei, Turricula excelsa, Turricula flammea, Turricula fluctuosa, Turricula hanguensis, Turricula haydeni, Turricula kayalensis, Turricula keaseyensis, Turricula mclellani, Turricula nelliae, Turricula ochsneri, Turricula piercei, Turricula plutonica, Turricula praepromensis, Turricula promensis, Turricula rossellae, Turricula sethuramae, Turricula spuria, Turricula taurina, Turricula terryi, Turricula thangaensis, Turricula tornata, Turricula waringi, Turricula washingtoniana, Surcula coaequalis, Surcula holwayi, Surcula africana, Surcula iravadica, Surcula washingtoniana, Surcula decipiens, Surcula cowlitzensis, Surcula merriami, Surcula labiata, Surcula thompsoni, Surcula fairbanksi, Surcula ingens, Surcula andersoni, Surcula riomaonis, Surcula birmanica, Surcula evermanni, Surcula marylandica, Surcula piura, Surcula culleni, Surcula uvasana, Surcula mayi, Surcula polyappellatia, Turricula (Surcula) steinbacherae, Surcula binotata, Surcula clarki, Surcula karenaica, Surcula wateleti
Type specimen: Its type locality is 3-4 miles north of Casa Saman, Chira Valley, which is in a Priabonian marine shale/ash in the Chira Formation of Peru
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at 3-4 miles north of Casa Saman, Chira Valley
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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