Calliostoma (Calliostoma) metalium Woodring 1957 (top snail)

Gastropoda - Trochoidea - Trochidae

Full reference: W. P. Woodring. 1957. Geology and Paleontology of Canal Zone and adjoining parts of Panama. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(A)

Belongs to Calliostoma (Calliostoma) according to W. P. Woodring 1957

Sister taxa: Calliostoma (Calliostoma) aurora, Calliostoma (Calliostoma) calderense, Calliostoma (Calliostoma) caronianum, Calliostoma (Calliostoma) conulus, Calliostoma (Calliostoma) decipiens, Calliostoma (Calliostoma) kickxii, Calliostoma (Calliostoma) laticarinatum, Calliostoma (Calliostoma) pulcher, Calliostoma (Calliostoma) pulchrum, Calliostoma (Calliostoma) striphna

Type specimen: USNM 561430, a shell

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Panama (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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