Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Alternative combination: Cerithium archiaci
Full reference: E. Vredenburg. 1928. Description of Mollusca from the post-Eocene Tertiary formation of north-western India: Gastropoda (in part) and Lamellibranchiata. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India 50(2):351-506
Belongs to Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) according to E. Vredenburg 1928
See also Harzhauser 2007 and Harzhauser et al. 2009
Sister taxa: Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) ansuriensis, Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) haimei, Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) hassani, Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) ighinai, Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) nanggulanense, Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) plicatoligocenica, Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) pseudocorrugatum, Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) rostratum, Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) rude, Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) tricingulatum, Ptychocerithium perlamellosum, Ptychocerithium turritoplicatum
Ecology: epifaunal herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Sri Lanka (3 collections)
• Oligocene of Oman (1)
• Paleocene to Eocene of Turkey (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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