Metula (Celatoconus) reticularis Traub 1938 (true whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Full reference: F. Traub. 1938. Geologische und paläontologische Bearbeitung der Kreide und des Tertiärs im östlichen Rupertiwinkel, nördlich von Salzburg [Geological and paleontological work on the Cretaceous and Tertiary of the eastern Ruperti region, north of Salzburg]. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 88:1-107

Belongs to Metula (Celatoconus) according to F. Traub 1938

Sister taxa: Celatoconus asheri, Celatoconus punjabensis, Metula (Celatoconus) vacavillensis, Pisania (Celatoconus) protractum

Type specimen: Its type locality is Mt. Haunsberg, which is in a Paleocene coastal sandstone/marl in the Oiching Formation of Austria.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Mt. Haunsberg

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