Calliostoma rhombotum Mansfield 1925 (top snail)

Gastropoda - Trochoidea - Trochidae

Full reference: W. C. Mansfield. 1925. Miocene gastropods and scaphopods from Trinidad, British West Indies. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 66(22):9116-9125

Belongs to Calliostoma according to W. C. Mansfield 1925

Sister taxa: Calliostoma (Ampullotrochus), Calliostoma (Calliostoma), Calliostoma (Elmerlinia), Calliostoma (Eocalliostoma), Calliostoma (Eutrochus), Calliostoma (Fautor), Calliostoma (Leiotrochus), Calliostoma (Pulchrastele), Calliostoma (Salsipotens), Calliostoma (Sarmates), Calliostoma (Sinutor), Calliostoma (Tristichotrochus), Calliostoma (Ziziphinus), Calliostoma annulatum, Calliostoma aphelium, Calliostoma arnoldi, Calliostoma attrina, Calliostoma augustinensis, Calliostoma bellicosum, Calliostoma bellum, Calliostoma blanfordi, Calliostoma boscianum, Calliostoma calvertanum, Calliostoma canaliculatum, Calliostoma carsoni, Calliostoma castilla, Calliostoma ceramicum, Calliostoma cirrus, Calliostoma coalingensis, Calliostoma contextum, Calliostoma conuliforme, Calliostoma cragini, Calliostoma decamposi, Calliostoma delazinensis, Calliostoma derbyi, Calliostoma diabloensis, Calliostoma eboreus, Calliostoma etchegoinensis, Calliostoma exile, Calliostoma flumenvadum, Calliostoma gemmulatum, Calliostoma grabaui, Calliostoma grammaticum, Calliostoma grantianum, Calliostoma granulata, Calliostoma hannibali, Calliostoma humile, Calliostoma irerense, Calliostoma kempiana, Calliostoma kerri, Calliostoma lawsoni, Calliostoma ligatum, Calliostoma ligatus, Calliostoma lignitica, Calliostoma limonensis, Calliostoma mea, Calliostoma metrium, Calliostoma mirificum, Calliostoma mohtatae, Calliostoma monile, Calliostoma negroensis, Calliostoma noduliferum, Calliostoma nonurum, Calliostoma parkeri, Calliostoma peralveatum, Calliostoma philanthropus, Calliostoma pirabicum, Calliostoma promense, Calliostoma puelchanum, Calliostoma radiatum, Calliostoma reclusus, Calliostoma retectum, Calliostoma rhombotoide, Calliostoma rugabasis, Calliostoma salvatoris, Calliostoma sartoriusi, Calliostoma singuense, Calliostoma speciosa, Calliostoma supragranosum, Calliostoma tarltonense, Calliostoma tegulum, Calliostoma tricolor, Calliostoma tropica, Calliostoma virginicum, Calliostoma wagneri, Calliostoma zizyphinum

Type specimen: USNM 352689, a shell. Its type locality is USGS 9212, which is in a Miocene marine siliciclastic in Trinidad and Tobago.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at USGS 9212

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