†Nicema predistorta Marks 1951 (true whelk)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Alternative combinations: Cantharus (Triumphis) predistortus, Northia (Nicema) predistorta
Full reference: J. G. Marks. 1951. Miocene stratigraphy and paleontology of Southwestern Ecuador. Bulletins of American Paleontology 33(139):1-448
Belongs to Nicema according to W. P. Woodring 1964
Sister taxa: Nicema amara, Nicema guttifera
Type specimen: PRI 20474, a shell
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell 46.6 x 27.5