Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Alternative combinations: Drillia vaningeni, Pleurotoma (Gemmula) vaningeni, Turris (Gemmula) vaningeni, Turris vaningeni
Synonym: Hemipleurotoma eileta Gardner 1938
Full reference: A. P. Brown and H. A. Pilsbry. 1913. Fauna of the Gatun Formation, Isthmus of Panama: II. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 64:500-519
Belongs to Gemmula according to W. P. Woodring 1970
See also Mansfield 1925, Oinomikado 1939 and Olsson 1964
Sister taxa: Gemmula (Coronia), Gemmula (Coroniopsis), Gemmula (Gemmula), Gemmula (Pinguigemmula), Gemmula abacta, Gemmula alazana, Gemmula amica, Gemmula bentsonae, Gemmula congener, Gemmula crenulata, Gemmula cretacea, Gemmula diabloensis, Gemmula fasteni, Gemmula gajensis, Gemmula guindana, Gemmula hindsiana, Gemmula imitatrix, Gemmula machapoorensis, Gemmula macrobia, Gemmula mekranica, Gemmula mexa, Gemmula monerma, Gemmula plebeia, Gemmula plentopsis, Gemmula rockcreekensis, Gemmula sindiensis, Gemmula tumata, Gemmula violeta, Gemmula wattsi, Turris (Gemmula) birmanica, Turris (Gemmula) pakistanica, Turris (Gemmula) soriensis, Turris (Gemmula) thyrsus, Pleurotoma (Hemipleurotoma) juvavica, Pleurotoma (Hemipleurotoma) choptankensis, Pleurotoma (Hemipleurotoma) calvertensis, Hemipleurotoma oostinghi, Hemipleurotoma arenosa, Pleurotoma (Hemipleurotoma) iris, Pleurotoma (Hemipleurotoma) kroisbachensis, Hemipleurotoma bhagothorensis, Pleurotoma (Hemipleurotoma) yenanensis, Pleurotoma (Hemipleurotoma) humilis, Hemipleurotoma bonneti, Pleurotoma (Hemipleurotoma) bellacrenata, Hemipleurotoma narica, Pleurotoma (Hemipleurotoma) singuensis
Type specimens:
- Gemmula vaningeni: ANSP 3855, a shell
- Hemipleurotoma eileta: Its type locality is USGS Loc. 3856 - Mossyhead [Shoal River Fm], which is in a Serravallian marine marl/sandstone in the Shoal River Formation of Florida.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Colombia (3 collections), Ecuador (2), Panama (15), Trinidad and Tobago (2), United States (9: Florida)
Total: 31 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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