Calliostoma (Elmerlinia) macsotayi Landau and Marques da Silva 2010 (top snail)

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 (Elmerlinia) according to B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva 2010

Sister taxa: Calliostoma (Elmerlinia) adelae, Calliostoma (Elmerlinia) bullisi, Calliostoma (Elmerlinia) eremum, Calliostoma (Elmerlinia) jujubinum, Calliostoma (Elmerlinia) mancinella, Calliostoma (Elmerlinia) olssoni, Calliostoma (Elmerlinia) pascaleae, Calliostoma (Elmerlinia) plicomphalus

Type specimen: NHMW 2010/0038/0006, a shell

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Calliostoma (Elmerlinia) macsotayi in the database

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