Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Alternative combination: Strombina (Strombina) pigea
Belongs to Sincola (Dorsina) according to P. Jung 1994
Sister taxa: Sincola (Dorsina) caribaea, Sincola (Dorsina) colombiana, Sincola (Dorsina) dorsata, Sincola (Dorsina) gibberula, Sincola (Dorsina) melajoensis, Sincola (Dorsina) quirosana
Type specimen: USNM 643940, a shell. Its type locality is Esmeraldas [Angostura Fm], which is in a Miocene coastal siliciclastic in the Angostura Formation of Ecuador.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Venezuela (3 collections)
• Miocene of Colombia (2), Ecuador (2), Panama (5), Venezuela (2)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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