Clanculus pascoei Dey 1961 (top snail)

Gastropoda - Trochoidea - Trochidae

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

Belongs to Clanculus according to A. K. Dey 1961

Sister taxa: Clanculus (Clanculopsis), Clanculus (Clanculus), Clanculus atropurpureus, Clanculus cerberi, Clanculus clanguloides, Clanculus comarilis, Clanculus granosus, Clanculus johnstoni, Clanculus limbatus, Clanculus lutosus, Clanculus maugeri, Clanculus maxillatus, Clanculus pseudaraonis, Clanculus submorum, Clanculus tricarinata

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 grazer

Distribution: found only at Quilon Limestone (Quilon, Kerala)

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