Admetula zalayana Jung and Petit 1990 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae

Full reference: P. Jung and R. E. Petit. 1990. Neogene paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic, 10. The family Cancellariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletins of American Paleontology 98(334):87-144

Belongs to Admetula according to P. Jung and R. E. Petit 1990

Sister taxa: Admetula bayeri, Admetula deroyae, Admetula evulsa, Admetula valientensis, Admetula vossi, Admetula zapoteca, Bonellitia (Admetula) imevborei, Bonellitia (Admetula) paucivaricata, Bonellitia (Admetula) tumida

Type specimen: NMB H 17343, a shell. Its type locality is TU 1227, Río Amina [Gurabo Fm], which is in a Messinian shallow subtidal siliciclastic in the Gurabo Formation of the Dominican Republic.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1 collection)

• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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