Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Alternative combinations: Turbinella peruviana, Xancus peruviana
Full reference: A. A. Olsson. 1928. Contributions to the Tertiary paleontology of northern Peru: Part 1. Bulletins of American Paleontology 14(52)
Belongs to Xancus according to W. P. Woodring 1964
See also Clark and Durham 1946, Olsson 1928 and Vokes 1964
Sister taxa: Turbinella (Mangkalia), Turbinella acutangulatus, Turbinella affinis, Turbinella amazonianum, Turbinella angulata, Turbinella brasilianus, Turbinella buccina, Turbinella chipolana, Turbinella demissa, Turbinella episoma, Turbinella falconensis, Turbinella gratus, Turbinella hermani, Turbinella humilior, Turbinella junghuhni, Turbinella laevigata, Turbinella magdalenensis, Turbinella mekranica, Turbinella perexilis, Turbinella pilsbryi, Turbinella polygonata, Turbinella praelaevigata, Turbinella praelavigata, Turbinella praetextilis, Turbinella premekranica, Turbinella protracta, Turbinella pyrum, Turbinella rembangensis, Turbinella scolymoides, Turbinella scopulus, Turbinella trinitatis, Turbinella valida, Turbinella wheeleri, Xancus rex, Xancus (Eoxancus), Xancus paytensis, Xancus regina, Turbinella wilsoni, Xancus talarensis
Subtaxa: Xancus peruvianus colombianus
Type specimen: Its type locality is 3-4 miles north of Casa Saman, Chira Valley, which is in a Priabonian marine shale/ash in the Chira Formation of Peru
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
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