Turbonilla (Ptycheulimella) aersispira Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992 (snail)

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae

Full reference: J. D. Stilwell and W. J. Zinsmeister. 1992. Molluscan Systematics and Biostratigraphy. Antarctic Research Series, AGU 55

Belongs to Turbonilla (Ptycheulimella) according to J. D. Stilwell and W. J. Zinsmeister 1992

Sister taxa: Turbonilla (Ptycheulimella) cooki, Turbonilla (Ptycheulimella) edisonensis

Type specimen: USNM 441851, a shell. Its type locality is IPS 453, Seymour Island, which is in a Bartonian coastal sandstone in the La Meseta Formation of Antarctica.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Antarctica (6 collections)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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