Uromitra cucurrupiensis Oinomikado 1939 (ribbed mitre)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Costellariidae

Alternative combination: Vexillum (Uromitra) cucurrupiensis

Full reference: T. Oinomikado. 1939. Miocene Mollusca from the Neighbourhood of Cucurrupi, Department of Chocó, Colombia. Transactions of the Palaeontological Society of Japan 46:617-630

Belongs to Uromitra according to W. P. Woodring 1964

See also Oinomikado 1939

Sister taxa: Uromitra antegressa, Uromitra barnardensis, Uromitra bristoli, Uromitra callipictum, Uromitra cupressina, Uromitra elachista, Uromitra gracilis, Uromitra grantensis, Uromitra holmesii, Uromitra scopuli, Uromitra styria, Uromitra syntomum, Uromitra tortuosa, Uromitra tortuosellum, Uromitra uncidum, Uromitra voraginosum, Vexillum (Uromitra) plicatulum, Vexillum (Uromitra) pseudorecticosta

Type specimen: Geo. Surv. Japan (unknown no.), a shell. Its type locality is Loc. 05, Río Cucurrupi [Munguidó Fm], which is in a Pliocene marine mudstone in the Munguidó Formation of Colombia.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Colombia (1 collection)

• Miocene of Panama (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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