Peristernia insula Olsson 1922 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae

Full reference: A. A. Olsson. 1922. The Miocene of Northern Costa Rica. Bulletins of American Paleontology 9(39):1-309

Belongs to Peristernia according to A. A. Olsson 1922

Sister taxa: Lathyrus (Peristernia) gautama, Lathyrus (Peristernia) ktolemandoensis, Lathyrus (Peristernia) waisiuensis, Latirus (Peristernia) coxi, Peristernia acaulis, Peristernia acutoplicata, Peristernia affinis, Peristernia altifrons, Peristernia approximans, Peristernia beberianus, Peristernia conica, Peristernia morundiana, Peristernia murrayana, Peristernia promensis, Peristernia pumila, Peristernia purpuroides, Peristernia scabrosa, Peristernia ustulata

Type specimen: Its type locality is Water Cay [Cayo Agua Fm], which is in a Piacenzian transition zone/lower shoreface sandstone in the Cayo Agua Formation of Panama

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Water Cay [Cayo Agua Fm]

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