Gastropoda - Trochoidea - Trochidae
Alternative combination: Tegula (Chlorostoma) austropacifica
Belongs to Chlorostoma according to S. N. Nielsen 2013
Sister taxa: Chlorostoma (Omphalius), Chlorostoma argyrostoma, Chlorostoma arnoldi, Chlorostoma atrum, Chlorostoma aureotincta, Chlorostoma brunnea, Chlorostoma chilena, Chlorostoma costaricensis, Chlorostoma euryomphalum, Chlorostoma funebrale, Chlorostoma gallina, Chlorostoma ignota, Chlorostoma luctuosum, Chlorostoma matanzensis, Chlorostoma montereyi, Chlorostoma nautiloides, Chlorostoma pacificum, Chlorostoma quipua, Tegula (Chlorastoma) danvillensis, Tegula (Chlorostoma) ligulatus, Tegula (Chlorostoma) malibuensis, Tegula (Chlorostoma) nashi, Tegula (Chlorostoma) pulcella
Type specimen: Its type locality is North of Rio Rapel [Navidad Fm], which is in a Miocene deep-water siliciclastic in the Navidad Formation of Chile
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution: found only at North of Rio Rapel [Navidad Fm]
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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