Pyruclia auriculaperta Vokes 1938 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae

Alternative combinations: Cancellaria (Cancellaria) auriculaperta, Cancellaria (Pyruclia) auriculaperta, Cancellaria auriculaperta

Full reference: H. E. Vokes. 1938. Upper Miocene Mollusca from Springvale, Trinidad, British West Indies. American Museum Novitates 988:1-28

Belongs to Pyruclia according to B. Landau et al. 2012

See also Jung and Petit 1990, Vokes 1938 and Woodring 1970

Sister taxa: Cancellaria (Pyruclia) bulbulus, Cancellaria (Pyruclia) cibarcola, Cancellaria (Pyruclia) laevescens, Cancellaria (Pyruclia) lickana, Cancellaria (Pyruclia) macneili, Cancellaria (Pyruclia) spatiosa, Pyruclia casicalva, Pyruclia lacondamini, Pyruclia pycta, Pyruclia scheibei, Pyruclia schucherti, Pyruclia solida, Pyruclia telemba, Pyruclia tweedledee, Pyruclia tweedledum, Pyruclia uva

Type specimen: Amer. Mus. No. 24665, a shell. Its type locality is Springvale (AMNH collection), which is in a Miocene coastal sandstone in Trinidad and Tobago.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Springvale (AMNH collection)

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