Cymatosyrinx mariana Petuch 1988 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae

Full reference: E. J. Petuch. 1988. Neogene History of Tropical American Mollusks 1-217

Belongs to Cymatosyrinx according to E. J. Petuch 1988

Sister taxa: Cymatosyrinx aclinica, Cymatosyrinx dorseyi, Cymatosyrinx limatula, Cymatosyrinx lunata, Cymatosyrinx magnoliana, Cymatosyrinx palmerae, Cymatosyrinx perpolita, Cymatosyrinx tiara, Cymatosyrinx ziczac

Type specimen: ANSP 52892, a shell. Its type locality is Chancellor Point [St. Marys Fm], which is in a Miocene coastal sandstone in the St Marys Formation of Maryland.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Chancellor Point [St. Marys Fm]

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