Nassa palta Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae

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 Nassa according to H. A. Pilsbry and A.A. Olsson 1941

Sister taxa: Tritia agatensis, Tritia coloratus, Tritia mutabilis, Nassa (Telasco), Nassa marylandica, Nassa plicatella, Nassa calvertensis, Nassa columbelloides, Nassa tinosa, Nassa packardi, Nassa nordenskjoldi, Nassa (Hebra), Nassa reussi, Nassa miser, Nassa pacis, Nassa crassigranosa, Nassa greensboroensis, Nassa (Amycla), Nassa sublirella, Nassa gubernatoria, Nassa socialis, Nassa fueguina, Nassa microstoma, Nassa cara, Nassa monensis, Nassa (Eione), Nassa peraltoides

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Zone J - Canoa Formation (Pliocene of Ecuador)

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