†Rapana mekranica Cox 1936 (murex snail)
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Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Full reference: L. R. Cox. 1936. Fossil Mollusca from southern Persia (Iran) and Bahrein Island. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India 22(2):1-67
Belongs to Rapana according to L. R. Cox 1936
Sister taxa: Rapana bulbosa, Rapana imperialis, Rapana perrini, Rapana serrai, Rapana vaquerosensis, Rapana vaughani
Type specimen: K16/841, a shell
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Chahbar [Mekran Fm] (Pliocene of Iran)
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