Torquifer pittorum Roth 1981 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae

Full reference: B. Roth. 1981. A remarkable melongenid gastropod from the Gatun Formation, Panama. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 16(4):149-153

Belongs to Torquifer according to B. Roth 1981

Sister taxon: Torquifer colombiana

Type specimen: CAS 60375, a shell. Its type locality is CASG Loc. 58335 - Isla Payardi [middle Gatun Fm], which is in a Tortonian marine sandstone in the Gatun Formation of Panama.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at CASG Loc. 58335 - Isla Payardi [middle Gatun Fm]

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