Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Rostellariidae
Full reference: M. Harzhauser. 2007. Oligocene and Aquitanian gastropod faunas from the Sultanate of Oman and their biogeographic implications for the western Indo-Pacific. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 280:75-121
Belongs to Varicospira according to M. Harzhauser et al. 2009
See also Harzhauser 2007
Sister taxa: Dientomochilus (Varicospira) pakistanicus, Dientomochilus (Varicospira) rakhiensis, Dientomochilus (Varicospira) tenuiincisus, Varicospira cancellata, Varicospira crispata, Varicospira gerthi, Varicospira javana, Varicospira longirostra, Varicospira martini, Varicospira mordax, Varicospira narica, Varicospira rembangensis, Varicospira semicancellata, Varicospira sindiensis, Varicospira spinifera, Varicospira subrimosa
Type specimen: NHMW 2006z0230/0001, a shell. Its type locality is Karmah Pass - Warak Fm, which is in a Chattian shallow subtidal limestone/grainstone in the Warak Formation of Oman.
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution: found only at Karmah Pass - Warak Fm
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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