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
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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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