Cymia (Cymia) cheloma Woodring 1959 (murex snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Full reference: W. P. Woodring. 1959. Geology and paleontology of Canal Zone and adjoining parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (gastropods: Vermetidae to Thaididae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(B):147-239

Belongs to Cymia (Cymia) according to W. P. Woodring 1959

Sister taxa: Cymia (Cymia) brightoniana, Cymia (Cymia) henekeni

Type specimen: USNM 562590, a shell

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Panama (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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