Cantharus polygona Lamarck 1803 (true whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Alternative combination: Cantharus (Cantharus) polygona

Belongs to Cantharus according to Cossmann 1897

Sister taxa: Cantharus (Calicantharus), Cantharus (Cantharus), Cantharus (Endopachychilus), Cantharus (Eocantharus), Cantharus (Pollia), Cantharus (Zeapollia), Cantharus andoi, Cantharus brongniartianus, Cantharus bucklandi, Cantharus cowlitzensis, Cantharus erythrostoma, Cantharus lugubris, Cantharus luliana, Cantharus martiniana, Cantharus occidentalis, Cantharus perrini, Cantharus sanguinolentus, Cantharus tranquebaricus, Cantharus varicosus, Cantharus variegatus, Tritonidea (Cantharus) speciosa

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Cantharus polygona in the database

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