Trajana (Trajana) wheeleri Pilsbry and Olsson 1941

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae

Alternative combination: Hindsia wheeleri

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 Trajana (Trajana) according to E. H. Vokes 1969

See also Pilsbry and Olsson 1941

Sister taxa: Trajana (Trajana) acapulcana, Trajana (Trajana) laqueorata, Trajana (Trajana) perideris, Trajana (Trajana) veracruzana

Type specimen: ANSP 14483, a shell. Its type locality is Zone H - Canoa Formation, which is in a Piacenzian coastal claystone in the Canoa Formation of Ecuador.

Distribution: found only at Zone H - Canoa Formation

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