Pseudorotella lens Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 (snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Tornidae

Full reference: H. A. Pilsbry and A.A. Olsson. 1941. A Pliocene fauna from Western Ecuador. Proceedings of the Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 93:1-79

Belongs to Pseudorotella according to H. A. Pilsbry and A.A. Olsson 1941

Sister taxa: Pseudorotella carinicallus, Pseudorotella cocolitoris, Pseudorotella supravallata, Teinostoma (Pseudorotella) caronensis, Teinostoma (Pseudorotella) pycnum, Teinostoma (Pseudorotella) stemonium

Type specimen: Its type locality is Zone J - Canoa Formation, which is in a Piacenzian/Gelasian coastal sandstone/claystone in the Canoa Formation of Ecuador

Ecology: epifaunal

Distribution: found only at Zone J - Canoa Formation

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