Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Alternative combinations: Turbinella peruviana, Xancus peruviana
Full reference: A. A. Olsson. 1928. Contributions to the Tertiary paleontology of northern Peru: Part 1. Bulletins of American Paleontology 14(52)
Belongs to Xancus according to W. P. Woodring 1964
Sister taxa: Turbinella (Mangkalia), Turbinella affinis, Turbinella amazonianum, Turbinella angulata, Turbinella brasilianus, Turbinella buccina, Turbinella chipolana, Turbinella demissa, Turbinella episoma, Turbinella falconensis, Turbinella gratus, Turbinella hermani, Turbinella junghuhni, Turbinella laevigata, Turbinella magdalenensis, Turbinella mekranica, Turbinella pilsbryi, Turbinella polygonata, Turbinella praelaevigata, Turbinella praelavigata, Turbinella praetextilis, Turbinella premekranica, Turbinella pyrum, Turbinella rembangensis, Turbinella scolymoides, Turbinella scopulus, Turbinella trinitatis, Turbinella valida, Turbinella wheeleri, Turbinella wilsoni, Xancus regina, Xancus rex, Xancus talarensis, Xancus paytensis, Xancus (Eoxancus)
Subtaxa: Xancus peruvianus colombianus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Casa Saman, Chira Valley [Chira Fm], which is in an Eocene marine shale/ash in the Chira Formation of Peru
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore