Lepicythara basilissa Gardner 1938 (turrid)

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

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