†Lepicythara basilissa Gardner 1938 (turrid)
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Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Alternative combination: Cythara basilissa
Belongs to Lepicythara according to W. P. Woodring 1970
Sister taxa: Lepicythara camaronensis, Lepicythara heptagona, Lepicythara terminula, Lepicythara turrita, Lepicythara veracruzana
Type specimen: Its type locality is USGS Loc3742 - Mossyhead [Shoal River Fm], which is in a Serravallian marine marl/sandstone in the Shoal River Formation of Florida.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (3: Florida collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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