Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Bursidae
Alternative combination: Bursa (Tutufa) amphitrites
Full reference: C. J. Maury. 1917. Santo Domingo type sections and fossils. Bulletins of American Paleontology 5(30):1-43
Belongs to Bursa according to A. G. Beu 2010
See also Maury 1917 and Vokes 1973
Sister taxa: Bursa (Bursa), Bursa asperrima, Bursa bufonia, Bursa chipolana, Bursa chira, Bursa condita, Bursa corrugata, Bursa cruentata, Bursa granularis, Bursa grayana, Bursa koperbergae, Bursa lamarckii, Bursa latitudo, Bursa natalensis, Bursa ranelloides, Bursa rhodostoma, Bursa rosa, Bursa rubeta, Bursa rugosa, Bursa saundersi, Bursa scrobilator, Bursa trampasensis, Bursa victrix, Bursa washingtoniana
Type specimen: PRI 28763, a shell (58817). Its type locality is Cercado de Mao - Bluff No. 3 [Cercado Fm], which is in a Tortonian offshore claystone in the Cercado Formation of the Dominican Republic.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (3 collections)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (2)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (5), Venezuela (1)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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