Celatoconus asheri Petuch 1988 (true whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

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

Belongs to Celatoconus according to E. J. Petuch 1988

Sister taxa: Celatoconus punjabensis, Metula (Celatoconus) reticularis, Metula (Celatoconus) vacavillensis, Pisania (Celatoconus) protractum

Type specimen: USNM 427964, a shell

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Celatoconus asheri in the database

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