Strombina (Strombina) pumilio Reeve 1858 (dove shell)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae

Alternative combinations: Columbella (Strombina) pumilio, Columbella pumilio, Strombina pumilio

Synonym: Strombina caboblanquensis Weisbord 1962

Belongs to Strombina (Strombina) according to B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva 2010

See also Jung 1989 and Petuch 1988

Sister taxa: Strombina (Strombina) aldrichi, Strombina (Strombina) carrizalensis, Strombina (Strombina) cartagenensis, Strombina (Strombina) colinensis, Strombina (Strombina) cyphonotus, Strombina (Strombina) gradata, Strombina (Strombina) lessepsiana, Strombina (Strombina) ochyra, Strombina (Strombina) parca, Strombina (Strombina) waltonia, Strombina (Strombina) zorritosensis

Type specimens:

  • Strombina (Strombina) pumilio: BMNH 1967940/1, a shell
  • Strombina caboblanquensis:

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Venezuela (9 collections)

• Pliocene of Venezuela (20)

Total: 29 collections each including a single occurrence

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