Peonza torquata Olivera 1994 (snail)

Gastropoda - Ptenoglossa

Full reference: A. M. Olivera. 1994. Taxonomic names, in Peonza: new gastropod genus from the middle Tertiary of Patagonia and Chile. Journal of Paleontology 68(2):279-286

Belongs to Peonza according to D. Frassinetti and V. Covacevich 1999

See also Olivera 1994

Sister taxon: Peonza benjamina

Type specimen: CPBA 14374a, a shell. Its type locality is Cape Tres Puntas (CPBA Collection), which is in a Chattian shoreface sandstone in the San Julian Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Argentina (2 collections), Chile (1)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (1)

• Oligocene of Argentina (1)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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