Gastropoda - Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae
Alternative combinations: Drillia (Crassispira) kachhensis, Drillia kachhensis
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 Crassispira according to M. Harzhauser et al. 2009
See also Harzhauser 2007 and Vredenburg 1925
Sister taxa: Clavus (Crassispira) bravinderi, Crassispira (Burchia), Crassispira (Crassispira), Crassispira (Crassispirella), Crassispira (Tripia), Crassispira abundans, Crassispira apicata, Crassispira bottae, Crassispira capella, Crassispira conica, Crassispira fuscescens, Crassispira guayana, Crassispira losquemadica, Crassispira luctuosa, Crassispira maonisriparum, Crassispira olcesensis, Crassispira perrugata, Crassispira ponida, Crassispira seminflata, Crassispira starri, Crassispira tyloessa, Crassispira woodringi, Drillia (Crassispira) bataviana, Drillia (Crassispira) birmanica, Drillia (Crassispira) constricta, Drillia (Crassispira) dalabeensis, Drillia (Crassispira) iravadica, Drillia (Crassispira) kamaensis, Drillia (Crassispira) logani, Drillia (Crassispira) mekranica, Drillia (Crassispira) mindegyiensi, Drillia (Crassispira) myaukmigonensis, Drillia (Crassispira) promensis, Drillia (Crassispira) subbataviana, Drillia (Crassispira) subpromensis, Drillia (Crassispira) tittabweensis, Drillia (Crassispira) woodringi
Type specimen: Unknown number, a shell
Ecology: epifaunal
Distribution:
• Miocene of India (1 collection), Pakistan (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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