Dientomochilus (Varicospira) rakhiensis Eames 1952 (snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Rostellariidae

Full reference: F. E. Eames. 1952. A contribution to the study of the Eocene in Western Pakistan and Western India: C. The description of the Scaphopoda and Gastropoda from standard sections in the Rakhi Nala and Zindar Pir areas of the Western Punjab and in the Kohat District. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B 236:1-168

Belongs to Dientomochilus (Varicospira) according to F. E. Eames 1952

Sister taxa: Dientomochilus (Varicospira) pakistanicus, Dientomochilus (Varicospira) tenuiincisus, Varicospira cancellata, Varicospira crispata, Varicospira gerthi, Varicospira javana, Varicospira longirostra, Varicospira martini, Varicospira mordax, Varicospira narica, Varicospira rembangensis, Varicospira semicancellata, Varicospira sindiensis, Varicospira spinifera, Varicospira subrimosa, Varicospira zuschini

Type specimen: BMNH G.68127, a shell. Its type locality is Fossil Bed F.1967, Rakhi Nala, which is in a Lutetian marine shale in the Domanda Formation of Pakistan.

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Eocene of Pakistan (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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