Gastropoda - Trochoidea - Trochidae

Full reference: B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva. 2010. Early Pliocene gastropods of Cubagua, Venezuela: Taxonomy, palaeobiogeography and ecostratigraphy. Palaeontos 19:1-221

Belongs to Calliostoma (Calliostoma) according to B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva 2010

Sister taxa: Calliostoma (Calliostoma) aurora, Calliostoma (Calliostoma) caronianum, Calliostoma (Calliostoma) conulus, Calliostoma (Calliostoma) decipiens, Calliostoma (Calliostoma) kickxii, Calliostoma (Calliostoma) laticarinatum, Calliostoma (Calliostoma) metalium, Calliostoma (Calliostoma) pulcher, Calliostoma (Calliostoma) pulchrum, Calliostoma (Calliostoma) striphna

Type specimen: MOBR-M-3872, a shell

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Cerro Barrigon, Araya Peninsula [Araya Fm] (Pliocene of Venezuela)

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