Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
Full reference: G. D. Hanna and M. C. Israelsky. 1925. Contributions to the Tertiary paleontology of Peru. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 14(2):37-75
Belongs to Surcula according to G. D. Hanna and M. C. Israelsky 1925
Sister taxa: Turricula (Crenaturricula), Turricula (Leptosurcula), Turricula (Turricula), Turricula amanda, Turricula aureolata, Turricula beanensis, Turricula bremertonensis, Turricula burroensis, Turricula buwaldana, Turricula calafia, Turricula cooperi, Turricula emerita, Turricula eolavinia, Turricula esdailei, Turricula excelsa, Turricula flammea, Turricula fluctuosa, Turricula hanguensis, Turricula haydeni, Turricula kayalensis, Turricula keaseyensis, Turricula kincaidi, Turricula maculosa, Turricula martini, Turricula mclellani, Turricula nelliae, Turricula nigricans, Turricula ochsneri, Turricula piercei, Turricula plutonica, Turricula praepromensis, Turricula promensis, Turricula rossellae, Turricula sethuramae, Turricula spuria, Turricula taurina, Turricula terryi, Turricula thangaensis, Turricula tornata, Turricula uvasana, Turricula venustula, Turricula waringi, Turricula washingtoniana, Surcula africana, Surcula merriami, Surcula holwayi, Surcula clarki, Surcula cowlitzensis, Surcula karenaica, Surcula labiata, Surcula andersoni, Surcula polyappellatia, Surcula marylandica, Surcula evermanni, Surcula sullana, Surcula binotata, Surcula strigosa, Surcula washingtoniana, Surcula riomaonis, Turris (Surcula) rhines, Surcula wateleti, Surcula piura, Surcula fairbanksi, Surcula thompsoni, Surcula decipiens, Surcula ingens, Surcula iravadica, Surcula culleni, Turricula (Surcula) steinbacherae, Surcula coaequalis, Surcula birmanica
Type specimen: CAS 1721, a partial shell. Its type locality is CAS Loc. 850, Quebrada Mancora [Negritos Fm], which is in an Eocene marine horizon in the Negritos Formation of Peru.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Peru (1 collection)
• Eocene of Peru (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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