Gastropoda - Trochoidea - Turbinidae
Full reference: G. Ponzi. 1876. I fossile del Monte Vaticano. Atti della Reale Accademia dei Lincei, Serie Seconda 3(2):925-959
Belongs to Delphinula according to G. Ponzi 1876
Sister taxa: Angaria (Angaria), Angaria (Pseudoninella), Angaria calvii, Angaria cingulata, Angaria coronata, Angaria crassa, Angaria pakistanica, Angaria scobina, Angaria sphaerula, Delphinula lima, Delphinula laciniata, Delphinula warnii, Delphinula turbinoides, Delphinula varia, Delphinula gervilii, Delphinula spirorbis, Delphinula laevigata, Delphinula sulcata, Delphinula delphinus, Delphinula plana, Delphinula infundibulata, Delphinula calcar, Delphinula canalifera, Delphinula striata
Type specimen: Its type locality is Cava Vannutelli quarry, Monte Vaticano, which is in a Zanclean deep-water marl in the Monte Vaticano Formation of Holy See (Vatican City State)
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution: found only at Cava Vannutelli quarry, Monte Vaticano
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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