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 turbinoides, Delphinula calcar, Delphinula sulcata, Delphinula lima, Delphinula laevigata, Delphinula laciniata, Delphinula gervilii, Delphinula delphinus, Delphinula plana, Delphinula infundibulata, Delphinula striata, Delphinula spirorbis, Delphinula warnii, Delphinula varia, Delphinula canalifera
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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