Lamarckofusus oedicnema Olsson 1928 (spindle shell)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae

Alternative combinations: Melongena (Pugilina) oedicnema, Pugilina aedicnema

Full reference: A. A. Olsson. 1928. Contributions to the Tertiary paleontology of northern Peru: Part 1. Bulletins of American Paleontology 14(52)

Belongs to Lamarckofusus according to G. J. Vermeij and P. Lozouet 2012

See also Olsson 1928

Sister taxa: Lamarckofusus robustus, Lamarckofusus subcarinatus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Casa Saman [Saman Fm], which is in an Eocene coastal sandstone/conglomerate in the Saman Formation of Peru

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Casa Saman [Saman Fm]

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