†Dorsanum parinense Olsson 1928 (true whelk)
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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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