Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Alternative combination: Xancus buccina
Full reference: A. A. Olsson and H.G. Richards. 1961. Some Tertiary fossils from Goajira peninsula of Colombia. Notulae Naturae of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 350:1-15
Belongs to Turbinella according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008
See also Olsson and Richards 1961
Sister taxa: Turbinella (Mangkalia), Turbinella acutangulatus, Turbinella affinis, Turbinella amazonianum, Turbinella angulata, Turbinella brasilianus, Turbinella chipolana, Turbinella demissa, Turbinella episoma, Turbinella falconensis, Turbinella gratus, Turbinella hermani, Turbinella humilior, Turbinella junghuhni, Turbinella laevigata, Turbinella magdalenensis, Turbinella mekranica, Turbinella perexilis, Turbinella pilsbryi, Turbinella polygonata, Turbinella praelaevigata, Turbinella praelavigata, Turbinella praetextilis, Turbinella premekranica, Turbinella protracta, Turbinella pyrum, Turbinella rembangensis, Turbinella scolymoides, Turbinella scopulus, Turbinella trinitatis, Turbinella valida, Turbinella wheeleri, Turbinella wilsoni, Xancus rex, Xancus paytensis, Xancus (Eoxancus), Xancus regina, Xancus peruvianus, Xancus talarensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is C47B Borchina, Guajira Peninsula, Columbia, which is in an Oligocene marine horizon in Colombia
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at C47B Borchina, Guajira Peninsula, Columbia
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