Ventrilia plummeri Olsson 1922 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae

Alternative combinations: Cancellaria plummeri, Trigonostoma plummeri

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

Belongs to Ventrilia according to B. D. Landau et al. 2012

See also Hendy et al. 2008 and Marks 1949

Sister taxa: Trigonostoma (Ventrilia) bullatum, Trigonostoma (Ventrilia) insularis, Ventrilia gurabis, Ventrilia insulare, Ventrilia rucksorum, Ventrilia sacellum, Ventrilia tenerum, Ventrilia toroensis, Ventrilia triumpha, Ventrilia ventrilia, Trigonostoma (Emmonsella) smithfieldensis, Trigonostoma (Emmonsella) marthae

Type specimen: 20960, a shell

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Venezuela (1 collection)

• Miocene of Panama (2)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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