Melanatria acanthica Woods 1922 (snail)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Pachychilidae

Full reference: H. Woods. 1922. Section A. Mollusca from the Eocene and Miocene deposits of Peru. . Geology of the Tertiary and Quaternary Periods in the Northwest Part of Peru 51-113

Belongs to Melanatria according to H. Woods 1922

Sister taxa: Faunus (Melanatria) kahoensis, Melanatria beldingi, Melanatria bosniaca, Melanatria dimorphica, Melanatria escheri, Melanatria markleyensis, Melanatria propinqua, Melanatria venusta, Melanatria ypresiana

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at Hannatoma C: Carbonera Fm: Quebrada Seca, Columbia (Dusenbury) (Eocene of Colombia)

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