Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Full reference: A. A. Olsson. 1931. Contributions to the Tertiary Paleontology of Northern Peru: Part 4, The Peruvian Oligocene. Bulletins of American Paleontology 17(63)
Belongs to Metula according to A. A. Olsson 1931
Sister taxa: Metula (Metula), Metula amosi, Metula brazosensis, Metula cancellata, Metula gabbi, Metula gentilicia, Metula gracilis, Metula harrisi, Metula harrisi, Metula hindsii, Metula johnsoni, Metula limonensis, Metula martini, Metula roberti, Metula subgracilis, Metula taylorensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is 3-4 miles north of Casa Saman, Chira Valley, which is in a Priabonian marine shale/ash in the Chira Formation of Peru
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at 3-4 miles north of Casa Saman, Chira Valley
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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