Metula martini Vredenburg 1925 (true whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Full reference: E. Vredenburg. 1925. Description of Mollusca from the post-Eocene Tertiary formation of north-western India: Cephalopoda, Opisthobranchiata, Siphonostomata. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India 50(1):1-350

Belongs to Metula according to E. Vredenburg 1925

Sister taxa: Metula (Metula), Metula amosi, Metula brazosensis, Metula cancellata, Metula gabbi, Metula gentilicia, Metula gracilis, Metula harrisi, Metula harrisi, Metula hindsii, Metula johnsoni, Metula limonensis, Metula peruviana, Metula roberti, Metula subgracilis, Metula taylorensis

Type specimen: Unknown number, a shell

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Gaj beds - Near Karachi (Miocene of Pakistan)

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