Cantharus martiniana Noetling 1901 (true whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Alternative combinations: Cancellaria martiniana, Cantharus martinianus, Tritonidea martiniana

Belongs to Cantharus according to P. N. Mukerjee 1939

See also Vredenburg 1921 and Vredenburg 1923

Sister taxa: Cantharus (Cantharus), Cantharus (Endopachychilus), Cantharus (Eocantharus), Cantharus (Pollia), Cantharus (Zeapollia), Cantharus andoi, Cantharus arnoldi, Cantharus ashleyi, Cantharus breaensis, Cantharus brongniartianus, Cantharus bucklandi, Cantharus cowlitzensis, Cantharus elsmerensis, Cantharus erythrostoma, Cantharus gilberti, Cantharus lugubris, Cantharus luliana, Cantharus occidentalis, Cantharus perrini, Cantharus polygona, Cantharus tranquebaricus, Cantharus varicosus, Cantharus variegatus, Tritonidea (Cantharus) speciosa

Subtaxa: Tritonidea martiniana arakanensis

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Type specimen: Its type locality is Leptanzeik (Singu stage), which is in a Chattian marine horizon in the Singu Formation of Myanmar

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of India (1 collection)

• Oligocene of Myanmar (7)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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