Cymatosyrinx ziczac Gardner 1948 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae

Full reference: J. A. Gardner. 1948. Mollusca from the Miocene and Lower Pliocene of Virginia and North Carolina: Part 2. Scaphopoda and Gastropoda. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 199(B):179-310

Belongs to Cymatosyrinx according to J. A. Gardner 1948

Sister taxa: Clavus (Cymatosyrinx) halocydne, Clavus (Cymatosyrinx) pallidus, Cymatosyrinx aclinica, Cymatosyrinx dorseyi, Cymatosyrinx limatula, Cymatosyrinx lunata, Cymatosyrinx magnoliana, Cymatosyrinx mariana, Cymatosyrinx palmerae, Cymatosyrinx perpolita, Cymatosyrinx tiara

Type specimen: USNM 114036, a shell

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Natural Well - Duplin Formation (Pliocene of North Carolina)

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