Cymatophos tuberaensis Anderson 1929 (true whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Alternative combination: Phos tuberaensis

Belongs to Cymatophos according to W. P. Woodring 1964

See also Anderson 1929 and Marks 1951

Sister taxa: Cymatophos acolus, Cymatophos beteyensis, Cymatophos crassus, Cymatophos galerus, Cymatophos glareosus, Cymatophos hodsoni, Cymatophos paraguanensis, Cymatophos semicostatus, Cymatophos subsemicostatus, Cymatophos turbacoensis, Cymatophos veatchi

Type specimen: Its type locality is CAS Loc267 (horizon P), Tubará Mtn [Tubará Fm], which is in a Miocene marine siliciclastic in the Tubará Formation of Colombia.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Colombia (2 collections), Venezuela (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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