Turbonilla (Pyrgolampros) mariposa Keen 1943 (snail)

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae

Full reference: A. M. Keen. 1943. New mollusks from the Round Mountain Silt (Temblor) Miocene of California. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 10(2):25-60

Belongs to Turbonilla (Pyrgolampros) according to A. M. Keen 1943

Sister taxa: Pyrgolampros adleri, Pyrgolampros amava, Pyrgolampros arnoldi, Pyrgolampros aurantia, Pyrgolampros halia, Pyrgolampros hannibali, Pyrgolampros idae, Pyrgolampros lowei, Pyrgolampros pedroana, Pyrgolampros rinella, Turbonilla (Pyrgolampros) gibbosa, Turbonilla (Pyrgolampros) rockensis

Type specimen: LSJU 7547. Its type locality is LSJU loc. 2121 [Round Mountain Silt], which is in a Langhian marine siltstone in the Round Mountain Formation of California.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at LSJU loc. 2121 [Round Mountain Silt]

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