Peonza benjamina 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 2001

See also Olivera 1994

Sister taxon: Peonza torquata

Type specimen: USNM 405860, a shell. Its type locality is Wave cut bench, west side of Stokes Island, which is in a Burdigalian submarine fan sandstone in Chile.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Chile (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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