Turbonilla (Pyrgolampros) mariposa Keen 1943 (snail)

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae

Full reference: A. M. Keen. 1943. New mollusks from the Round Mountain Silt (Temblor) Miocene of California. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 10(2):25-60

Belongs to Turbonilla (Pyrgolampros) according to A. M. Keen 1943

Sister taxa: Pyrgolampros adleri, Pyrgolampros amava, Pyrgolampros arnoldi, Pyrgolampros aurantia, Pyrgolampros halia, Pyrgolampros hannibali, Pyrgolampros idae, Pyrgolampros lowei, Pyrgolampros pedroana, Pyrgolampros rinella, Turbonilla (Pyrgolampros) berryi, Turbonilla (Pyrgolampros) gibbosa, Turbonilla (Pyrgolampros) keepi, Turbonilla (Pyrgolampros) rockensis

Type specimen: LSJU 7547. Its type locality is LSJU loc. 2121 [Round Mountain Silt], which is in a Langhian marine siltstone in the Round Mountain Formation of California.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at LSJU loc. 2121 [Round Mountain Silt]

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