Cymatophos beteyensis Olsson 1922 (true whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Alternative combination: Phos beteyensis

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 A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008

See also Olsson 1922

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Rio Betey, which is in a Pliocene marine siliciclastic in Costa Rica

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Rio Betey

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