Solenosteira (Fusinosteira) santaerosae Anderson 1929 (true whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Alternative combination: Solenosteira santaerosae

Full reference: F. M. Anderson. 1929. Marine Miocene and related deposits of North Colombia. Proceedings of the Academy of Sciences 18(4):73-213

Belongs to Solenosteira (Fusinosteira) according to B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva 2010

See also Anderson 1929

Sister taxa: Solenosteira (Fusinosteira) falconensis, Solenosteira (Fusinosteira) fusiformis

Type specimen: CAS 4641, a shell. Its type locality is CAS Loc. 304, Santa Rosa, 4 mi. E of [Tubará Fm], which is in a Pliocene marine siliciclastic in the Tubará Formation of Colombia.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Colombia (2 collections)

• Miocene of Colombia (2)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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