Gastropoda - Trochoidea - Turbinidae
Alternative combinations: Turbo (Marmarostoma) castanea, Turbo (Marmarostoma) castaneus, Turbo (Senectus) castaneus, Turbo castanea, Turbo castaneus
Synonyms: Turbo (Marmarostoma) ayersi Olsson 1967, Turbo (Marmarostoma) castaneus ayersi Olsson 1967, Turbo crenulatoides Maury 1917, Turbo crenulatus Gmelin 1791, Turbo moltkianus Gmelin 1791
Belongs to Turbo (Senectus) according to B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva 2010
See also Hendy et al. 2008, Landau et al. 2008 and Woodring 1957
Sister taxa: Turbo (Senectus) mounti, Turbo (Senectus) spenglerianus
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Bermuda (1 collection), Panama (1), United States (7: Florida, North Carolina), Venezuela (1)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1), the Dominican Republic (1), United States (4: Florida), Venezuela (9)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (1), Panama (2), Venezuela (1)
Total: 29 collections including 30 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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