Charonia variegata Lamarck 1816 (triton)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae

Alternative combinations: Charonia tritonis variegata, Triton variegatum, Triton variegatus

Belongs to Charonia according to A. G. Beu 2010

Sister taxa: Charonia (Charonia), Charonia guichemerri, Charonia lampas, Charonia multinodosa, Charonia sauliae, Charonia tritonis, Charonia univaricosum, Charonia weisbordi, Tritonium buwaldi, Tritonium (Lagena), Tritonium martinezensis, Tritonium pulchrum, Tritonium newsomi, Tritonium eocenicum, Tritonium impressum, Tritonium centrosum, Triton abbreviatus, Triton buccinoides, Triton oligostirus, Triton crassidens, Triton mississpiensis, Triton obscurus, Triton sexcostatus, Triton ovoideus, Triton cribrosus, Triton quoyi, Triton atavus, Triton elegans, Triton obscurus, Triton connectens, Triton heptagonum

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Costa Rica (1 collection), Turks and Caicos Islands (1)

• Pliocene of Costa Rica (3), the Dominican Republic (3)

• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (2)

• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (4)

Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence

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