Rapana mekranica Cox 1936 (murex snail)

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 (Nigerapana), Rapana bulbosa, Rapana perrini, 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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