Gastropoda - Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae
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 Crassispira according to A. A. Olsson 1930
Sister taxa: Clavus (Crassispira) bravinderi, Crassispira (Burchia), Crassispira (Crassispira), Crassispira (Crassispirella), Crassispira (Tripia), Crassispira abundans, Crassispira apicata, Crassispira bottae, Crassispira conica, Crassispira fuscescens, Crassispira guayana, Crassispira kachhensis, Crassispira losquemadica, Crassispira luctuosa, Crassispira maonisriparum, Crassispira olcesensis, Crassispira perrugata, Crassispira ponida, Crassispira seminflata, Crassispira starri, Crassispira tyloessa, Crassispira woodringi, Drillia (Crassispira) bataviana, Drillia (Crassispira) birmanica, Drillia (Crassispira) constricta, Drillia (Crassispira) dalabeensis, Drillia (Crassispira) iravadica, Drillia (Crassispira) kamaensis, Drillia (Crassispira) logani, Drillia (Crassispira) mekranica, Drillia (Crassispira) mindegyiensi, Drillia (Crassispira) myaukmigonensis, Drillia (Crassispira) promensis, Drillia (Crassispira) subbataviana, Drillia (Crassispira) subpromensis, Drillia (Crassispira) tittabweensis, Drillia (Crassispira) woodringi
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
Distribution: found only at Lomitos Cgl, Talara Fm - Yasila and Jaquay Cunas
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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