Peristernia conica Riedel 1933 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae

Full reference: L. Riedel. 1933. Die Oberkreide vom Mungofluß in Kamerun und ihre Fauna. Beiträge zur Geologischen Erforschung der Deutschen Schutzgebiete 16:1-154

Belongs to Peristernia according to L. Riedel 1933

Sister taxa: Lathyrus (Peristernia) gautama, Lathyrus (Peristernia) ktolemandoensis, Lathyrus (Peristernia) waisiuensis, Latirus (Peristernia) coxi, Peristernia acaulis, Peristernia acutoplicata, Peristernia affinis, Peristernia altifrons, Peristernia approximans, Peristernia beberianus, Peristernia insula, Peristernia morundiana, Peristernia murrayana, Peristernia promensis, Peristernia pumila, Peristernia purpuroides, Peristernia scabrosa, Peristernia ustulata

Type specimen: Its type locality is Near Bombe, Mungo River, which is in a Coniacian carbonate limestone in the Mungo River Formation of Cameroon

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Near Bombe, Mungo River

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