Tritiaria (Antillophos) landesi Marks 1951 (true whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Full reference: J. G. Marks. 1951. Miocene stratigraphy and paleontology of Southwestern Ecuador. Bulletins of American Paleontology 33(139):1-448

Belongs to Tritiaria (Antillophos) according to J. G. Marks 1951

Sister taxa: Antillophos (Antillophos), Antillophos (Rhipophos), Antillophos candeanus, Antillophos elegans, Antillophos estrellensis, Antillophos fictilis, Antillophos pirabica, Antillophos posunculensis, Antillophos woodringi

Type specimen: PRI 20469, a shell

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at N.V.P. Blue No. 3892 - Cantaure Formation (Miocene of Venezuela)

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