Bathybembix mcleani Nielsen et al. 2004 (snail)

Gastropoda - Seguenzioidea - Eucyclidae

Full reference: S. N. Nielsen, D. Frassinetti, and K. Bandel. 2004. Miocene Vetigastropoda and Neritimorpha (Mollusca, Gastropoda) of central Chile. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 17:73-88

Belongs to Bathybembix according to S. N. Nielsen et al. 2004

Sister taxa: Bathybembix arnoldi, Bathybembix bairdii, Bathybembix columbiana, Bathybembix dalliana, Bathybembix hickmanae, Bathybembix nitor, Bathybembix santacruzana, Bathybembix santacruzensis, Bathybembix turbonata, Bathybembix washingtoniana

Type specimen: SGO.PI.6002. Its type locality is Punta El Fraile (FRA), which is in a Burdigalian coastal sandstone/mudstone in the Ranquil Formation of Chile.

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at Punta El Fraile (FRA)

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