Chrysostoma Swainson 1840 (top snail)

Gastropoda - Trochoidea - Trochidae

Parent taxon: Monodontinae according to F. S. MacNeil 1960

See also Sepkoski 2002 and Wilson 1993

Sister taxa: Michaletia, Micrelenchus, Pachydontella

Subtaxa: Chrysostoma paradoxum Chrysostoma seguenzai Chrysostoma tornatum

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Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection)

• Pliocene of Japan (1)

• Jurassic of Italy (1), Tanzania (1)

• Permian of Italy (4)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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