Pugilina eulactea Dey 1961 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae

Alternative combination: Hemifusus eulacteus

Full reference: A. K. Dey. 1961. The Miocene Mollusca from Quilon, Kerala (India). Palaeontologica Indica 36

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

See also Dey 1961

Sister taxa: Melongena (Pugilina) ickei, Melongena (Pugilina) muriciformis, Melongena (Pugilina) ponderosa, Melongena (Pugilina) praeparadisiaca, Melongena (Pugilina) praeponderosa, Melongena (Pugilina) pugilina, Pugilina (Mayeria), Pugilina ditropis, Pugilina fasciata, Pugilina morio, Volema (Pugilina) superspinosa

Type specimen: Its type locality is Quilon Limestone (Quilon, Kerala), which is in a Miocene carbonate limestone in the Quilon Limestone Formation of India

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of India (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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