Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Full reference: A. K. Dey. 1961. The Miocene Mollusca from Quilon, Kerala (India). Palaeontologica Indica 36
Belongs to Latirus (Peristernia) according to A. K. Dey 1961
Sister taxa: Lathyrus (Peristernia) gautama, Lathyrus (Peristernia) ktolemandoensis, Lathyrus (Peristernia) waisiuensis, Peristernia acaulis, Peristernia acutoplicata, Peristernia affinis, Peristernia altifrons, Peristernia approximans, Peristernia beberianus, Peristernia conica, Peristernia insula, Peristernia morundiana, Peristernia murrayana, Peristernia promensis, Peristernia pumila, Peristernia purpuroides, Peristernia scabrosa, Peristernia ustulata
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: found only at Quilon Limestone (Quilon, Kerala)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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