Strombinophos loripanus Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 (true whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

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 Strombinophos according to B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva 2010

See also Pilsbry and Olsson 1941

Sister taxa: Strombinophos estrellensis, Strombinophos maxwelli, Strombinophos mimicus, Strombinophos pedoctus, Strombinophos vadosus

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

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Ecuador (1 collection)

• Pliocene of Costa Rica (5), Ecuador (1)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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