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 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 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 waringi, Turricula washingtoniana, Surcula wateleti, Surcula mayi, Surcula karenaica, Surcula coaequalis, Surcula binotata, Surcula riomaonis, Surcula andersoni, Surcula clarki, Surcula evermanni, Surcula decipiens, Surcula marylandica, Surcula strigosa, Surcula africana, Surcula washingtoniana, Surcula fairbanksi, Turricula (Surcula) steinbacherae, Surcula thompsoni, Surcula piura, Surcula cowlitzensis, Surcula holwayi, Surcula culleni, Surcula birmanica, Surcula ingens, Surcula labiata, Surcula polyappellatia, Surcula iravadica, Turris (Surcula) rhines, Surcula merriami
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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