Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Full reference: R. Rivera. 1957. Moluscos fosiles de la Formacion Paracas, Dpto. de Ica. Sociedad Geologica del Peru Primer Congreso Nacional de Geologia Anales - Parte II 32:165-219
Belongs to Eopleurotoma according to R. Rivera 1957
Sister taxa: Eopleurotoma albirupsis, Eopleurotoma bicatena, Eopleurotoma carya, Eopleurotoma cedilla, Eopleurotoma comma, Eopleurotoma expidita, Eopleurotoma gemmavia, Eopleurotoma gentilis, Eopleurotoma julia, Eopleurotoma lima, Eopleurotoma nigeriensis, Eopleurotoma obscurata, Eopleurotoma ornata, Eopleurotoma ouachitensis, Eopleurotoma paytensis, Eopleurotoma prestwichii, Eopleurotoma rotella, Eopleurotoma sayi, Eopleurotoma scalarata, Eopleurotoma simillima, Eopleurotoma wetherellii, Eopleurotoma whitakerpeakensis, Eopleurotoma wiedeyi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Bahia Lechuza, which is in an Eocene marine sandstone in the Paracas Formation of Peru
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Bahia Lechuza
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