Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
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 Surcula according to A. A. Olsson 1931
Sister taxa: Turricula (Crenaturricula), Turricula (Leptosurcula), Turricula (Turricula), Turricula amanda, Turricula aureolata, Turricula beanensis, Turricula bremertonensis, Turricula burroensis, Turricula buwaldana, Turricula calafia, Turricula cooperi, Turricula emerita, Turricula eolavinia, Turricula esdailei, Turricula excelsa, Turricula flammea, Turricula fluctuosa, Turricula hanguensis, Turricula haydeni, Turricula kayalensis, Turricula keaseyensis, Turricula kincaidi, Turricula maculosa, Turricula martini, Turricula mclellani, Turricula nelliae, Turricula nigricans, Turricula ochsneri, Turricula piercei, Turricula plutonica, Turricula praepromensis, Turricula promensis, Turricula rossellae, Turricula sethuramae, Turricula spuria, Turricula taurina, Turricula terryi, Turricula thangaensis, Turricula tornata, Turricula uvasana, Turricula venustula, Turricula waringi, Turricula washingtoniana, Surcula fairbanksi, Surcula africana, Surcula merriami, Surcula andersoni, Surcula birmanica, Surcula marylandica, Surcula mayi, Turricula (Surcula) steinbacherae, Surcula holwayi, Surcula culleni, Surcula decipiens, Turris (Surcula) rhines, Surcula coaequalis, Surcula riomaonis, Surcula evermanni, Surcula labiata, Surcula iravadica, Surcula washingtoniana, Surcula ingens, Surcula clarki, Surcula thompsoni, Surcula sullana, Surcula karenaica, Surcula polyappellatia, Surcula cowlitzensis, Surcula binotata, Surcula wateleti, Surcula strigosa
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 3-4 miles north of Casa Saman, Chira Valley
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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