Pyrula peruviana Spieker 1922 (fig shell)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae

Full reference: E. M. Spieker. 1922. The Paleontology of the Zorritos Formation of the North Peruvian Oil Fields. The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Geology 3:1-196

Belongs to Pyrula according to E. M. Spieker 1922

Sister taxa: Ficus (Ficus), Ficus (Trophosycon), Ficus affinis, Ficus aligera, Ficus allenmanae, Ficus angustata, Ficus bernardi, Ficus carbasea, Ficus carolina, Ficus carriacouensis, Ficus chehalisensis, Ficus chinguensis, Ficus chiraensis, Ficus colombiana, Ficus communis, Ficus concinnus, Ficus condita, Ficus conditus, Ficus decussata, Ficus distans, Ficus gayana, Ficus gesteri, Ficus gibsonsmithi, Ficus greenwoodi, Ficus harrisi, Ficus huzayeni, Ficus kachhensis, Ficus knowltoni, Ficus lanceolata, Ficus lanzi, Ficus lindae, Ficus lisselonga, Ficus lisselongata, Ficus lucidus, Ficus macrophylla, Ficus mamillata, Ficus maxima, Ficus membranacea, Ficus merita, Ficus microphylla, Ficus mississippiensis, Ficus modesta, Ficus montana, Ficus multiformis, Ficus multinervis, Ficus myricoides, Ficus nervosa, Ficus nexilis, Ficus ovalis, Ficus pamotanensis, Ficus papyratia, Ficus paraensis, Ficus pilsbryi, Ficus posadasensis, Ficus remondii, Ficus rodeoensis, Ficus sinuosa, Ficus spectabilis, Ficus tricarinatus, Ficus variegata, Ficus woodringi, Ficus wynoochensis, Ficopsis meganosensis, Ficopsis furlongi, Ficopsis tuberculata, Ficopsis (Fulguroficus), Ficopsis cooperii, Ficopsis otaria, Ficopsis remondii, Ficopsis moharrami, Ficopsis hornii, Ficopsis viejoensis, Gonysycon epomis, Pyrula laevigata, Pyrula subcarinata, Pyrula elegans, Pyrula microtricha, Pyrula jamesi, Pyrula pondicherriensis, Pyrula clathrata, Pirula (Protopirula), Pirula promensis, Pirula ficus, Pyrula penita, Pyrula nexilis, Pirula menengtengana, Pyrula reticulata, Pyrula ficoides, Pyrula micronematica, Pyrula cancellata, Pyrula dussumieri, Pyrula cochlidium, Fusoficula juvenis, Fusoficula angelinensis

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Peru (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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