†Alectrion merenda Olsson 1922 (snail)
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Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Full reference: A. A. Olsson. 1922. The Miocene of Northern Costa Rica. Bulletins of American Paleontology 9(39):1-309
Belongs to Alectrion according to A. A. Olsson 1922
Sister taxa: Alectrion jacksonensis, Alectrion losquemadica, Alectrion ranuncula, Nassarius (Alectrion) ovoideus, Nassarius (Alectrion) ovum, Nassarius (Alectrion) pseudomundus, Nassarius (Alectrion) vanesi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Old Man Sam Creek, which is in a Pliocene marine siliciclastic in Costa Rica
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Old Man Sam Creek
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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