Peruchilus culberti Olsson 1931 (snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae

Full reference: A. A. Olsson. 1931. Contributions to the Tertiary Paleontology of Northern Peru: Part 4, The Peruvian Oligocene. Bulletins of American Paleontology 17(63)

Belongs to Peruchilus according to T. J. DeVries 2004

See also Olsson 1931

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is 3-4 miles north of Casa Saman, Chira Valley, which is in a Priabonian marine shale/ash in the Chira Formation of Peru

Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Peru (1 collection)

• Eocene to Oligocene of Peru (2)

• Eocene of Peru (3)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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