Antillophos (Antillophos) moorei Guppy 1866 (true whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Alternative combination: Phos moorei

Belongs to Antillophos (Antillophos) according to W. P. Woodring 1964

See also Maury 1917 and Olsson 1922

Sister taxa: Antillophos (Antillophos) mexicanus, Antillophos (Antillophos) monachus, Antillophos (Antillophos) rutschi, Antillophos (Antillophos) veraguensis

Subtaxa: Antillophos (Antillophos) moorei costaricensis

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Costa Rica (2 collections), the Dominican Republic (8), Haiti (1), Jamaica (3)

• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (10)

• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (21)

Total: 45 collections each including a single occurrence

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