Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Thaisidae
Alternative combinations: Acanthina (Chorus) sula, Misifulgur sula
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 Chorus according to J. G. Marks 1951
See also DeVries 2016 and Olsson 1931
Sister taxa: Chorus carisaensis, Chorus giganteus, Chorus meroensis
Subtaxa: Acanthina (Chorus) sula cruziana
Type specimen: Its type locality is Basal Heath or Caleto Mero Shales, which is in an Oligocene shoreface sandstone/shale in the Heath Formation of Peru
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Peru (17 collections)
• Oligocene of Ecuador (1), Peru (3)
Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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