Siphonalia tessaria Olsson 1931 (true whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

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 Siphonalia according to A. A. Olsson 1931

Sister taxa: Siphonalia (Eosiphonalia), Siphonalia (Kelletia), Siphonalia (Nassicola), Siphonalia (Siphonalia), Siphonalia acuta, Siphonalia ariejansseni, Siphonalia belenensis, Siphonalia bryani, Siphonalia calvertana, Siphonalia cassidariaeformis, Siphonalia cotteri, Siphonalia danvillensis, Siphonalia devexus, Siphonalia guineensis, Siphonalia hadlockensis, Siphonalia ishikariana, Siphonalia jacksonia, Siphonalia johnsoni, Siphonalia kalpanae, Siphonalia lineata, Siphonalia longirostris, Siphonalia nigeriensis, Siphonalia nipponica, Siphonalia nuntia, Siphonalia packi, Siphonalia paradoxica, Siphonalia phosoidea, Siphonalia pritilatae, Siphonalia roblini, Siphonalia rodeoensis, Siphonalia sakakurai, Siphonalia shojii, Siphonalia signa, Siphonalia spatiosa, Siphonalia sullivani, Siphonalia supragranulata, Siphonalia teglandae, Siphonalia trilica, Siphonalia vistaensis, Siphonalia washingtonensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Belen and Pajarabobo, which is in a Priabonian deep-water limestone/shale in the Cone Hill Formation of Peru

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Belen and Pajarabobo

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