Cantharus (Eocantharus) colombiana Clark and Durham 1946 (true whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Full reference: B. L. Clark and J. W. Durham. 1946. Eocene Faunas from the Department of Bolivar, Colombia. Geological Society of America Memoir 16:1-126

Belongs to Cantharus (Eocantharus) according to B. L. Clark and J. W. Durham 1946

Sister taxa: Cantharus (Eocantharus) cowlitzensis, Cantharus (Eocantharus) morrisii

Type specimen: CAS 34961, a shell

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at U.C. Location S. 8054 (Zone C) - Clark and Durham (1946) (Eocene of Colombia)

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