†Mammilla arepa Landau and Marques da Silva 2010 (moon snail)
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Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Full reference: B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva. 2010. Early Pliocene gastropods of Cubagua, Venezuela: Taxonomy, palaeobiogeography and ecostratigraphy. Palaeontos 19:1-221
Belongs to Mammilla according to B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva 2010
Sister taxa: Mammilla caprae, Mammilla fasciata, Mammilla mammata, Mammilla melanostoma, Polinices (Mammilla) caprae
Type specimen: NHMW 2010/0038/0016, a shell
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Venezuela (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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