Persististrombus bernielandaui Harzhauser 2007 (true conch)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae

Alternative combination: Strombus bernielandaui

Full reference: M. Harzhauser. 2007. Oligocene and Aquitanian gastropod faunas from the Sultanate of Oman and their biogeographic implications for the western Indo-Pacific. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 280:75-121

Belongs to Persististrombus according to M. Harzhauser et al. 2009

See also Harzhauser 2007

Sister taxa: Persististrombus aldrichi, Persististrombus baltrae, Persististrombus barrigonensis, Persististrombus bonellii, Persististrombus chipolanus, Persististrombus coronatus, Persististrombus depertitus, Persististrombus exbonellii, Persististrombus gijskronenbergi, Persististrombus granulatus, Persististrombus insulanus, Persististrombus kronenbergi, Persististrombus mardieae, Persististrombus obliteratus, Persististrombus preoccupatus, Persististrombus quilonensis, Persististrombus radix, Persististrombus toroensis

Type specimen: NHMW 2006z0231/0035, a shell. Its type locality is Gebel Madrakah - Warak Fm, which is in a Chattian shallow subtidal limestone in the Warak Formation of Oman.

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

Distribution: found only at Gebel Madrakah - Warak Fm

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