Cominella staufti Olsson 1928 (true whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Alternative combination: Tritonidea staufti

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

Belongs to Cominella according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008

See also Olsson 1928

Sister taxa: Cominella (Cominella), Cominella (Cominula), Cominella (Eucominia), Cominella (Josepha), Cominella (Procominula), Cominella annandalei, Cominella clelandi, Cominella colemani, Cominella crassina, Cominella douvillei, Cominella lecontei, Cominella maculosa, Cominella pertusa, Cominella pumila, Cominella retifera, Cominella subfilicea, Cominella supracostata

Type specimen: Its type locality is Casa Saman [Saman Fm], which is in an Eocene coastal sandstone/conglomerate in the Saman Formation of Peru

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Casa Saman [Saman Fm]

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