Gastropoda - Trochoidea - Turbinidae
Alternative spelling: Astraea (Lithopoma)
Synonyms: Astraea (Pachypoma) Gray 1850, Pachypoma Gray 1850
Parent taxon: Turbininae according to B. M. Landau et al. 2016
See also Gardner 1947, Kittl 1891, Landau and Marques da Silva 2010, Oldroyd 1925, Sepkoski 2002, Stewart 1927, Todd 2001 and Weisbord 1962
Sister taxa: Astralium, Barbotella, Bolma, Calcar, Deikella, Guildfordia, Heteroninella, Pseudastralium, Pseudophasianus, Sarmaturbo, Tectariopsis, Turbo, Rothpletzella, Nummogaultina, Imperator
Subtaxa: Lithopoma americanum Lithopoma brevispinum Lithopoma caelatum Lithopoma minutum Lithopoma tectum Lithopoma tuber Pachypoma calcar Pachypoma haueri Pachypoma insolitum
Type: Trochus tuber
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Bahamas (2 collections), Cayman Islands (2), Costa Rica (1), the Dominican Republic (1), Haiti (2), Jamaica (1), United States (5: Florida), Venezuela (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Pliocene of Colombia (2), Costa Rica (2), Haiti (1), Jamaica (2), United States (1: Florida), Venezuela (4)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1)
• Miocene of Venezuela (2)
• Oligocene of Denmark (1)
• Triassic of Italy (4)
Total: 36 collections including 39 occurrences
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