Oxystele (top snail)

Gastropoda - Trochoidea - Trochidae

Alternative spellings: Diloma (Oxystele), Trochus (Oxystele)

Parent taxon: Canthardinae according to D. G. Herbert 2015

See also Donald et al. 2005, Durham 1944, Kensley 1972, Nagao 1928, Sepkoski 2002 and White 1885

Sister taxa: Calliotrochus, Gibbula, Jujubinus, Priotrochus

Subtaxa: Oxystele dorni Oxystele rotellaris Oxystele tigrina Trochus (Oxystele) euryostomus

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Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Quaternary of South Africa (5 collections)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of South Africa (1)

• Pliocene of South Africa (5)

• Miocene of Cyprus (3), Italy (1), South Africa (1)

• Oligocene of United States (4: Washington)

Total: 20 collections including 23 occurrences

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