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, Triton obscurus, Triton ovoideus, Triton oligostirus, Triton atavus, Triton connectens, Triton sexcostatus, Triton heptagonum, Triton cribrosus, Triton obscurus, Triton mississpiensis, Triton crassidens, Triton abbreviatus, Triton elegans, Triton buccinoides, Triton quoyi, Tritonium (Lagena), Tritonium impressum, Tritonium newsomi, Tritonium martinezensis, Tritonium pulchrum, Tritonium centrosum, Tritonium eocenicum, Tritonium buwaldi

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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