Neritimorpha, Golikov and Starobogatov, 1975

Kiel, Steffen, Hybertsen, Frida, Hyžný, Matúš & Klompmaker, Adiël A., 2020, Mollusks and a crustacean from early Oligocene methane-seep deposits in the Talara Basin, northern Peru, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 65 (1), pp. 109-138 : 124

Neritimorpha indet.

Fig. 13 .

Material.— One specimen ( PRI 80015 ) that is 8.5 mm across, from the Lomitos cherts, upper Oligocene, Talara Basin, Peru .

Remarks.— Olsson (1931) reported “ Nerita ” from the deposits near Belén and Pajarabobo and from the Lomitos cherts, but he never illustrated them. We did not find any neritids in the field, but a single specimen was found on the back side of the rock containing the holotype of Solemya lomitensis , from the Lomitos cherts. The specimen has a typical neritid shape but because neither the external surface nor the aperture is preserved, we cannot determine this specimen any further.

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Fig. 13. Neritimorpha indet. (PRI 80015) from the early Cenozoic Lomitos cherts seep deposits near Negritos, Talara Basin, northern Peru.