Surcula sullana Olsson 1931 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae

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 Surcula according to A. A. Olsson 1931

Sister taxa: Turricula (Crenaturricula), Turricula (Leptosurcula), Turricula (Turricula), Turricula beanensis, Turricula bremertonensis, Turricula bulwaldana, Turricula burroensis, Turricula calafia, Turricula cooperi, Turricula emerita, Turricula eolavinia, Turricula esdailei, Turricula excelsa, Turricula flammea, Turricula fluctuosa, Turricula hanguensis, Turricula haydeni, Turricula kayalensis, Turricula keaseyensis, Turricula mclellani, Turricula nelliae, Turricula ochsneri, Turricula piercei, Turricula plutonica, Turricula praepromensis, Turricula promensis, Turricula rossellae, Turricula sethuramae, Turricula spuria, Turricula taurina, Turricula terryi, Turricula thangaensis, Turricula tornata, Turricula waringi, Turricula washingtoniana, Surcula fairbanksi, Surcula decipiens, Surcula labiata, Surcula birmanica, Surcula africana, Surcula clarki, Surcula culleni, Surcula mayi, Surcula wateleti, Surcula karenaica, Surcula holwayi, Surcula uvasana, Surcula thompsoni, Surcula andersoni, Surcula marylandica, Surcula piura, Surcula ingens, Surcula iravadica, Surcula merriami, Surcula cowlitzensis, Turricula (Surcula) steinbacherae, Surcula riomaonis

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

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