Columbella asphaltoda Maury 1912 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae

Full reference: C. J. Maury. 1912. A contribution to the paleontology of Trinidad. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 15:1-112

Belongs to Columbella according to C. J. Maury 1912

Sister taxa: Columbella (Columbella), Columbella calvertensis, Columbella erythrostoma, Columbella herklotsi, Columbella labreana, Columbella lacteoides, Columbella lopezana, Columbella mercatoria, Columbella ornata, Columbella platynema, Columbella punctostriata, Columbella rusticoides, Columbella submercatoria, Columbella sulcata

Type specimen: PRI (unknown number), a shell

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

Distribution: found only at 700 ft W of Brighton Pier (Miocene of Trinidad and Tobago)

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