Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
Alternative spelling: Cymatium (Turritriton)
Synonyms: Particymatium Iredale 1936, Tritoniscus Dall 1904
Parent taxon: Ranellinae according to A. G. Beu 2010
See also Beu 2005, Landau and Marques da Silva 2010, Landau et al. 2008, Sepkoski 2002, Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992 and Todd 2001
Sister taxa: Ameranella, Crassicymatium, Cymatona, Fusitriton, Gutturinium, Gyrineum, Halgyrineum, Priene, Ranularia, Reticutriton, Septa
Subtaxa: Turritriton domingensis Turritriton gibbosus Turritriton labiosus Turritriton tenuiliratus
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (2 collections), Ecuador (1), Mexico (1), United States (3: California)
• Pliocene of Colombia (1), Costa Rica (1), the Dominican Republic (1), Jamaica (2), Venezuela (2)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (9), Indonesia (1), Panama (2), Venezuela (4)
• Eocene of Antarctica (2)
Total: 32 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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