Rostellaria gracilenta Wood 1882 (true conch)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae

Full reference: S. V. Wood. 1882. Third supplement to the Crag Mollusca comparing Testacea from the Upper Tertiaries of the east of England. Univalves and Bivalves 1-24

Belongs to Rostellaria according to S. V. Wood 1882

Sister taxa: Tibia (Africoterebellum), Tibia (Aulacodiscus), Tibia (Hippochrene), Tibia (Tibia), Tibia (Tibiochilus), Tibia bivarica, Tibia curta, Tibia indica, Tibia protofusus, Tibia pseudomokattamensis, Tibia samanaensis, Rostellaria crebricosta, Rostellaria constricta, Rostellaria plurimacosta, Rostellaria columbaria, Rostellaria bidigitata, Rostellaria palliata, Rostellaria cancellata, Rostellaria (Veatchia), Rostellaria macroptera, Rostellaria securifera, Rostellaria detracta

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

Distribution: found only at Felixstowe, Suffolk [Red Crag] (Pliocene of the United Kingdom)

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