Cymatosyrinx ziczac Gardner 1948 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae

Full reference: J. A. Gardner. 1948. Mollusca from the Miocene and Lower Pliocene of Virginia and North Carolina: Part 2. Scaphopoda and Gastropoda. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 199(B):179-310

Belongs to Cymatosyrinx according to J. A. Gardner 1948

Sister taxa: Clavus (Cymatosyrinx) elissa, Clavus (Cymatosyrinx) halocydne, Clavus (Cymatosyrinx) pallidus, Cymatosyrinx aclinica, Cymatosyrinx dorseyi, Cymatosyrinx hecuba, Cymatosyrinx limatula, Cymatosyrinx lunata, Cymatosyrinx magnoliana, Cymatosyrinx mariana, Cymatosyrinx palmerae, Cymatosyrinx perpolita, Cymatosyrinx tiara

Type specimen: USNM 114036, a shell

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Natural Well - Duplin Formation (Pliocene of North Carolina)

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