Curtitoma violacea Mighels and Adams 1842 (cone shell)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae

Alternative combinations: Bela violacea, Lora bicarinata violacea, Lora violacea, Pleurotoma (Bela) violacea, Pleurotoma violacea

Synonyms: Bela decussata pusilla Verrill 1882, Defrancia beckii Möller 1842, Defrancia cylindracea Möller 1842, Defrancia livida Möller 1842, Lora beckii Möller 1842, Pleurotoma greenlandica Reeve 1846

Belongs to Curtitoma according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008

See also Bogdanov 1990, Dall 1921 and Grant, IV and Gale 1931

Sister taxa: Curtitoma conoidea, Curtitoma decussata, Curtitoma novajaseljensis, Curtitoma ovalis, Curtitoma reticulata, Curtitoma tevelliana

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Canada (1: Newfoundland and Labrador collection), Greenland (3), United States (1: Alaska)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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