Siphonalia acuta Rivera 1957 (true whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Full reference: R. Rivera. 1957. Moluscos fosiles de la Formacion Paracas, Dpto. de Ica. Sociedad Geologica del Peru Primer Congreso Nacional de Geologia Anales - Parte II 32:165-219

Belongs to Siphonalia according to R. Rivera 1957

Sister taxa: Siphonalia (Eosiphonalia), Siphonalia (Kelletia), Siphonalia (Nassicola), Siphonalia (Siphonalia), Siphonalia ariejansseni, Siphonalia belenensis, Siphonalia bryani, Siphonalia calvertana, Siphonalia cassidariaeformis, Siphonalia cotteri, Siphonalia danvillensis, Siphonalia devexus, Siphonalia guineensis, Siphonalia hadlockensis, Siphonalia ishikariana, Siphonalia jacksonia, Siphonalia johnsoni, Siphonalia kalpanae, Siphonalia lineata, Siphonalia longirostris, Siphonalia nigeriensis, Siphonalia nipponica, Siphonalia nuntia, Siphonalia packi, Siphonalia paradoxica, Siphonalia phosoidea, Siphonalia pritilatae, Siphonalia roblini, Siphonalia rodeoensis, Siphonalia sakakurai, Siphonalia shojii, Siphonalia signa, Siphonalia spatiosa, Siphonalia sullivani, Siphonalia supragranulata, Siphonalia teglandae, Siphonalia tessaria, Siphonalia trilica, Siphonalia vistaensis, Siphonalia washingtonensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Bahia Lechuza, which is in an Eocene marine sandstone in the Paracas Formation of Peru

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Bahia Lechuza

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