†Strigatella peruviana Olsson 1931 (mitre shell)
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Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae
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 Strigatella according to A. A. Olsson 1931
Sister taxa: Strigatella litterata, Strigatella lugubris
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: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Near Quercotilla
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