Gastropoda - Trochoidea - Trochidae
Full reference: B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva. 2010. Early Pliocene gastropods of Cubagua, Venezuela: Taxonomy, palaeobiogeography and ecostratigraphy. Palaeontos 19:1-221
Belongs to Calliostoma (Calliostoma) according to B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva 2010
Sister taxa: Calliostoma (Calliostoma) aurora, Calliostoma (Calliostoma) caronianum, Calliostoma (Calliostoma) conulus, Calliostoma (Calliostoma) decipiens, Calliostoma (Calliostoma) kickxii, Calliostoma (Calliostoma) laticarinatum, Calliostoma (Calliostoma) metalium, Calliostoma (Calliostoma) pulcher, Calliostoma (Calliostoma) pulchrum
Type specimen: MOBR-M-3872, a shell
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Cerro Barrigon, Araya Peninsula [Araya Fm] (Pliocene of Venezuela)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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