Chlorostoma quipua DeVries 2007 (top snail)

Gastropoda - Trochoidea - Trochidae

Full reference: T. J. DeVries. 2007. Late Cenozoic Tegulinae (Gastropoda: Trochidae) from southern Peru. The Nautilus 121(4):163-181

Belongs to Chlorostoma according to S. N. Nielsen 2013

See also DeVries 2007

Sister taxa: Chlorostoma (Omphalius), Chlorostoma argyrostoma, Chlorostoma arnoldi, Chlorostoma atrum, Chlorostoma aureotincta, Chlorostoma austropacifica, Chlorostoma brunnea, Chlorostoma chilena, Chlorostoma costaricensis, Chlorostoma euryomphalum, Chlorostoma funebrale, Chlorostoma gallina, Chlorostoma ignota, Chlorostoma luctuosum, Chlorostoma matanzensis, Chlorostoma montereyi, Chlorostoma nautiloides, Chlorostoma pacificum, Tegula (Chlorastoma) danvillensis, Tegula (Chlorostoma) ligulatus, Tegula (Chlorostoma) malibuensis, Tegula (Chlorostoma) nashi, Tegula (Chlorostoma) pulcella

Type specimen: UWBM 97876, a shell

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Chile (1 collection), Peru (2)

• Miocene of Peru (1)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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