Metula gabbi Brown and Pilsbry 1911 (true whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Full reference: A. P. Brown and H. A. Pilsbry. 1911. Fauna of the Gatun Formation, Isthmus of Panama. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciencesof Philadelphia 63(2):336-373

Belongs to Metula according to W. P. Woodring 1964

See also Brown and Pilsbry 1911 and Olsson 1922

Sister taxa: Metula (Metula), Metula amosi, Metula brazosensis, Metula cancellata, Metula gentilicia, Metula gracilis, Metula harrisi, Metula harrisi, Metula hindsii, Metula johnsoni, Metula limonensis, Metula martini, Metula peruviana, Metula roberti, Metula subgracilis, Metula taylorensis

Type specimen: ANSP (no number), a shell

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (2 collections)

• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (1), Panama (20)

Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence

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