Metulella caronensis Mansfield 1925 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae

Full reference: W. C. Mansfield. 1925. Miocene gastropods and scaphopods from Trinidad, British West Indies. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 66(22):9116-9125

Belongs to Metulella according to W. C. Mansfield 1925

Sister taxa: Metulella (Thiarinella), Metulella dominicensis, Metulella fusiformis, Metulella venusta

Type specimen: USNM 352672, a shell. Its type locality is USGS 9212, which is in a Miocene marine siliciclastic in Trinidad and Tobago.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at USGS 9212

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