Turbonilla (Mormula) loripana Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 (snail)

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae

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 Turbonilla (Mormula) according to H. A. Pilsbry and A.A. Olsson 1941

Sister taxa: Mormula pentalopha, Turbonilla (Mormula) mitchelliana, Turbonilla (Mormula) regina

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: found only at Zone H - Canoa Formation

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