Strombina (Strombina) lessepsiana Brown and Pilsbry 1911 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae

Alternative combination: Strombina lessepsiana

Synonyms: Columbella (Strombina) gatunensis Toula 1911, Strombina prisma Pilsbry and Johnson 1911

Full reference: A. P. Brown and H. A. Pilsbry. 1911. Fauna of the Gatun Formation, Isthmus of Panama. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciencesof Philadelphia 63(2):336-373

Belongs to Strombina (Strombina) according to P. Jung 1989

See also Brown and Pilsbry 1911, Maury 1917 and Olsson 1922

Sister taxa: Strombina (Strombina) aldrichi, Strombina (Strombina) carrizalensis, Strombina (Strombina) cartagenensis, Strombina (Strombina) colinensis, Strombina (Strombina) cyphonotus, Strombina (Strombina) gradata, Strombina (Strombina) ochyra, Strombina (Strombina) parca, Strombina (Strombina) pumilio, Strombina (Strombina) waltonia, Strombina (Strombina) zorritosensis

Type specimens:

  • Strombina (Strombina) lessepsiana: ANSP 64892, a shell
  • Columbella (Strombina) gatunensis:
  • Strombina prisma:

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Colombia (1 collection), Costa Rica (1)

• Miocene of Colombia (5), Panama (51)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Haiti (1)

Total: 59 collections each including a single occurrence

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