Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
Full reference: W. P. Woodring. 1970. Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (gastropods: Eulimidae, Marginellidae to Helminthoglyptidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(D):299-452
Belongs to Kurtziella (Kurtziella) according to M. C. Perrilliat and P. Flores-Guerrero 2011
See also Woodring 1970
Sister taxa: Kurtziella (Kurtziella) cymatias, Kurtziella (Kurtziella) pagella, Kurtziella (Kurtziella) plumbea
Type specimen: USNM 645818, a shell. Its type locality is Woodring Loc. 147g - eastern area [middle Gatun Fm], which is in a Tortonian marine sandstone in the Gatun Formation of Panama.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Mexico (1 collection)
• Miocene of Panama (4)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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