Cymatophos veatchi Olsson 1922 (true whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Alternative combination: Phos veatchi

Synonym: Phos (Phos) buchivacoensis Hodson 1931

Full reference: A. A. Olsson. 1922. The Miocene of Northern Costa Rica. Bulletins of American Paleontology 9(39):1-309

Belongs to Cymatophos according to W. P. Woodring 1964

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

Subtaxa: Cymatophos veatchi erymnus

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1 collection)

• Miocene of Panama (65)

Total: 66 collections each including a single occurrence

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