Terebra (Myurella) wadiai Dey 1961 (auger snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae

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

Belongs to Terebra (Myurella) according to A. K. Dey 1961

Sister taxa: Myurella aiyengari, Myurella katchhensis, Myurella quettensis, Myurella reticulata, Terebra (Myurella) aspera, Terebra (Myurella) birmanica, Terebra (Myurella) euglyptica, Terebra (Myurella) hornelli, Terebra (Myurella) indica, Terebra (Myurella) kyudawonensis, Terebra (Myurella) martini, Terebra (Myurella) myuros, Terebra (Myurella) oldhami, Terebra (Myurella) promensis, Terebra (Myurella) protomyuros, Terebra (Myurella) tipperi, Terebra (Myurella) trizonata

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)

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