Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Full reference: A. A. Olsson. 1930. Contributions to the Tertiary Paleontology of Northern Peru: Part 3, Eocene Mollusca. Bulletins of American Paleontology 17(62):1-164
Belongs to Eopleurotoma according to A. A. Olsson 1930
Sister taxa: Eopleurotoma albirupsis, Eopleurotoma bicatena, Eopleurotoma carya, Eopleurotoma cedilla, Eopleurotoma comma, Eopleurotoma expidita, Eopleurotoma gemmavia, Eopleurotoma gentilis, Eopleurotoma julia, Eopleurotoma lima, Eopleurotoma nigeriensis, Eopleurotoma obscurata, Eopleurotoma ornata, Eopleurotoma ouachitensis, Eopleurotoma paracasina, Eopleurotoma paytensis, Eopleurotoma prestwichii, Eopleurotoma rotella, Eopleurotoma sayi, Eopleurotoma scalarata, Eopleurotoma simillima, Eopleurotoma wetherellii, Eopleurotoma whitakerpeakensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Lomitos Cgl, Talara Fm - Yasila and Jaquay Cunas, which is in a Bartonian coastal sandstone in the Talara Formation of Peru
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Lomitos Cgl, Talara Fm - Yasila and Jaquay Cunas
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