Gastropoda - Trochoidea - Turbinidae
Alternative spelling: Turbo (Prisogaster)
Synonym: Amyxa Troschel 1852 [objective synonym]
Parent taxon: Turbinidae according to S. N. Nielsen 2013
See also Bouchet et al. 2005, DeVries 2006 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Angariinae, Anomphalinae, Arene, Astraea, Bakonyia, Bandelastraea, Coelobolma, Cynisca, Fischeriella, Flacilla, Galeoastraea, Gelasinostoma, Guizhouia, Homalopoma, Kaurnella, Klebyella, Littorinolacuna, Macrarene, Margaritinae, Moelleriinae, Moreanellinae, Nemrac, Odoardia, Prisogasterinae, Prototurbo, Torallochus, Turbininae, Turboidea
Subtaxa: Prisogaster mcleani Prisogaster niger Prisogaster valenciai
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Chile (4 collections), Peru (8)
• Pliocene of Chile (1), Peru (4)
• Miocene of Peru (4)
Total: 21 collections including 23 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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