Mormula pentalopha Dall and Bartsch 1903 (snail)

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae

Alternative combination: Turbonilla (Lancea) pentalopha

Full reference: W. H. Dall and P. Bartsch. 1903. Gastropoda. The paleontology and stratigraphy of the marine Pliocene and Pleistocene of San Pedro, California. Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences 3:271-285

Belongs to Mormula according to A. Hendy 2021

See also Dall and Bartsch 1903

Sister taxa: Turbonilla (Mormula) loripana, Turbonilla (Mormula) mitchelliana, Turbonilla (Mormula) regina, Turbonilla (Mormula) woodburnei

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (5: California collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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