†Moniliopsis paytensis Olsson 1930 (cone shell)
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Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Full reference: A. A. Olsson. 1930. Contributions to the Tertiary Paleontology of Northern Peru: Part 3, Eocene Mollusca. Bulletins of American Paleontology 17(62):1-164
Belongs to Moniliopsis according to A. A. Olsson 1930
Sister taxa: Clathrodrillia (Moniliopsis) workensis, Moniliopsis peruviana
Type specimen: Its type locality is Lomitos Cgl, Talara Fm - Yasila and Jaquay Cunas, which is in a Bartonian coastal sandstone in the Talara Formation of Peru
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Lomitos Cgl, Talara Fm - Yasila and Jaquay Cunas
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