Dorsanum parinense Olsson 1928 (true whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Full reference: A. A. Olsson. 1928. Contributions to the Tertiary paleontology of northern Peru: Part 1. Bulletins of American Paleontology 14(52)

Belongs to Dorsanum according to A. A. Olsson 1928

Sister taxa: Dorsanum (Dorsanum), Dorsanum lagunitensis, Dorsanum plicatum, Dorsanum politum, Dorsanum scalatum

Type specimen: Its type locality is Keswick Hills [Parinas Fm], which is in a Bartonian coastal sandstone/conglomerate in the Parinas Formation of Peru

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Keswick Hills [Parinas Fm]

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