Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Pachychilidae
Full reference: F. Etayo-Serna. 1979. La fauna de moluscos del Paleoceno de Colombia. Moluscos de una capa del Paleoceno de Manatial (Guajira). Boletín de Geología 13(27):5-55
Belongs to Melanatria according to F. Etayo-Serna 1979
Sister taxa: Faunus (Melanatria) kahoensis, Melanatria acanthica, Melanatria bosniaca, Melanatria dimorphica, Melanatria escheri, Melanatria markleyensis, Melanatria propinqua, Melanatria venusta, Melanatria ypresiana
Type specimen: UCMP 14737, a shell. Its type locality is UCMP C-14091, Manantial, which is in a Selandian paralic sandstone in the Manantial Formation of Colombia.
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Colombia (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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