Olivella (Macgintiella) limonensis Olsson 1922 (olive snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae

Alternative combination: Olivella limonensis

Full reference: A. A. Olsson. 1922. The Miocene of Northern Costa Rica. Bulletins of American Paleontology 9(39):1-309

Belongs to Olivella (Macgintiella) according to A. A. Olsson 1956

See also Olsson 1922

Sister taxa: Olivella (Macgintiella) bocasensis, Olivella (Macgintiella) watermani

Type specimen: PRI (no number), a shell. Its type locality is Port Limon, which is in a Pliocene marine siliciclastic in Costa Rica.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Port Limon

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