†Cyrtochetus chiraensis Olsson 1931 (true whelk)
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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 Cyrtochetus according to A. A. Olsson 1931
Sister taxa: Cyrtochetus (Cyrtochetus), Cyrtochetus (Loscotaphrus), Cyrtochetus bucciniformis
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Near Quercotilla (Eocene of Peru)
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