Turris (Lophiotoma) quilonica Dey 1961 (turrid)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae

Full reference: A. K. Dey. 1961. The Miocene Mollusca from Quilon, Kerala (India). Palaeontologica Indica 36

Belongs to Turris (Lophiotoma) according to A. K. Dey 1961

See also Tiwari and Kachhara 2003

Sister taxa: Lophiotoma (Lophiotoma), Lophiotoma abbreviata, Lophiotoma cingulifera

Type specimen: Its type locality is Quilon Limestone (Quilon, Kerala), which is in a Miocene carbonate limestone in the Quilon Limestone Formation of India

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of India (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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