Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Tonnidae
Alternative combinations: Cassis ringens, Dolium (Cadium) ringens, Dolium (Malea) ringens, Dolium ringens, Tonna (Malea) ringens
Synonyms: Dolium (Malea) dentatum Barnes 1824, Dolium dentatum Barnes 1824
Belongs to Malea according to A. G. Beu 2010
See also Anderson 1929, Barrios 1960, Hanna 1926 and Landau and Marques da Silva 2010
Sister taxa: Malea beui, Malea camura, Malea densecostata, Malea elliptica, Malea goliath, Malea mareana, Malea pomum, Malea quilonensis, Malea springi, Quimalea pomum
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (1 collection), Ecuador (1), Mexico (1), Panama (3), Peru (2)
• Pliocene of Colombia (5), Costa Rica (7), Ecuador (4), Panama (4), United States (9: California)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (1: California)
• Miocene of Colombia (5), Costa Rica (1), Panama (28), Peru (1)
Total: 73 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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