Pyruclia pycta Olsson 1964

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae

Alternative combinations: Cancellaria (Pyruclia) cibarcola pycta, Cancellaria (Pyruclia) pycta

Full reference: A. A. Olsson. 1964. Neogene Mollusks From Northwestern Ecuador

Belongs to Pyruclia according to B. Landau et al. 2012

See also Jung and Petit 1990, Landau et al. 2007, Olsson 1964 and Woodring 1970

Sister taxa: Cancellaria (Pyruclia) bulbulus, Cancellaria (Pyruclia) cibarcola, Cancellaria (Pyruclia) laevescens, Cancellaria (Pyruclia) lickana, Cancellaria (Pyruclia) macneili, Cancellaria (Pyruclia) spatiosa, Pyruclia auriculaperta, Pyruclia casicalva, Pyruclia lacondamini, Pyruclia scheibei, Pyruclia schucherti, Pyruclia solida, Pyruclia telemba, Pyruclia tweedledee, Pyruclia tweedledum, Pyruclia uva

Type specimen: USNM 643869, a shell

Distribution: found only at Telembi [Angostura Fm] (Miocene of Ecuador)

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