Cymatophos semicostatus Gabb 1873 (true whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Alternative combination: Phos semicostatus

Belongs to Cymatophos according to W. P. Woodring 1964

See also Maury 1917

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

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Cymatophos semicostatus in the database

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