Cymatophos galerus Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 (true whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Full reference: H. A. Pilsbry and A.A. Olsson. 1941. A Pliocene fauna from Western Ecuador. Proceedings of the Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 93:1-79

Belongs to Cymatophos according to W. P. Woodring 1964

See also Pilsbry and Olsson 1941

Sister taxa: Cymatophos acolus, Cymatophos beteyensis, Cymatophos crassus, Cymatophos glareosus, Cymatophos hodsoni, Cymatophos paraguanensis, Cymatophos semicostatus, Cymatophos subsemicostatus, Cymatophos tuberaensis, Cymatophos turbacoensis, Cymatophos veatchi

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Ecuador (1 collection)

• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1), Ecuador (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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