Tornatellaea neuquina Cataldo 2017 (snail)

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae

Full reference: C. S. Cataldo. 2017. New records of marine gastropods from the Lower Cretaceous of west-central Argentina. Ameghiniana 54(4):405-440

Belongs to Tornatellaea according to C. S. Cataldo 2017

Sister taxa: Tornatellaea (Ravniella), Tornatellaea bella, Tornatellaea cretacea, Tornatellaea darwini, Tornatellaea effingeri, Tornatellaea gazdzickii, Tornatellaea globulosa, Tornatellaea impressa, Tornatellaea lata, Tornatellaea matura, Tornatellaea regularis, Tornatellaea rosa, Tornatellaea simulata, Tornatellaea vacavillensis

Type specimen: CPBA 21311.2, a shell. Its type locality is Pichaihue, which is in a Valanginian marine shale in the Agrio Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Pichaihue

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