Columbella asphaltoda Maury 1912 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae

Full reference: C. J. Maury. 1912. A contribution to the paleontology of Trinidad. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 15:1-112

Belongs to Columbella according to C. J. Maury 1912

Sister taxa: Columbella (Columbella), Columbella calvertensis, Columbella descepta, Columbella erythrostoma, Columbella herklotsi, Columbella labreana, Columbella lacteoides, Columbella lopezana, Columbella mercatoria, Columbella ornata, Columbella platynema, Columbella punctostriata, Columbella rusticoides, Columbella submercatoria, Columbella sulcata

Type specimen: PRI (unknown number), a shell

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

Distribution: found only at 700 ft W of Brighton Pier (Miocene of Trinidad and Tobago)

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