Metula harrisi Olsson 1922 (true whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Belongs to Metula according to E. J. Petuch 1988

See also Olsson 1922

Sister taxa: Metula (Metula), Metula amosi, Metula brazosensis, Metula cancellata, Metula gabbi, Metula gentilicia, Metula gracilis, Metula harrisi, Metula hindsii, Metula johnsoni, Metula limonensis, Metula martini, Metula peruviana, Metula roberti, Metula subgracilis, Metula taylorensis

Subtaxa: Metula harrisi limonensis

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Type specimen: Its type locality is Coco Plum, which is in a Pliocene marine siliciclastic in Panama

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1 collection), Panama (1)

• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (2)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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