Pyruclia tweedledum Landau et al. 2012 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae

Full reference: B. Landau, R. E. Petit, and C. M. Silva. 2012. New Cancellariidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from the Miocene Gatun Formation of Panama, with eleven new species. Journal of Paleontology 86(6):907-930

Belongs to Pyruclia according to B. Landau et al. 2012

Sister taxa: Cancellaria (Pyruclia) bulbulus, Cancellaria (Pyruclia) cibarcola, Cancellaria (Pyruclia) laevescens, Cancellaria (Pyruclia) lickana, Cancellaria (Pyruclia) macneili, Cancellaria (Pyruclia) spatiosa, Pyruclia auriculaperta, Pyruclia casicalva, Pyruclia lacondamini, Pyruclia pycta, Pyruclia scheibei, Pyruclia schucherti, Pyruclia solida, Pyruclia telemba, Pyruclia tweedledee, Pyruclia uva

Type specimen: NHMW 2011/0177/0021, a shell. Its type locality is TU 961 - Cativa [lower Gatun Fm], which is in a Tortonian coastal siltstone in the Gatun Formation of Panama.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Panama (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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