Sycostoma pyrinota Stilwell et al. 2004 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae

Full reference: J. D. Stilwell, W. J. Zinsmeister, and A. E. Oleinik. 2004. Early Paleocene Mollusks of Antarctica: Systematics, Paleoecology and Paleobiogeographic Significance. Bulletins of American Paleontology 367

Belongs to Sycostoma according to J. D. Stilwell et al. 2004

Sister taxa: Sycostoma (Sycostoma), Sycostoma bulbiforme, Sycostoma kenawii, Sycum stillum, Sycum mucronatum, Sycum americanum

Type specimen: USNM 511887. Its type locality is Locality 9 - Sobral Fm, Seymour Island, which is in a Danian offshore sandstone in the López de Bertodano Formation of Antarctica.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Locality 9 - Sobral Fm, Seymour Island

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