Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
Full reference: A. K. Dey. 1961. The Miocene Mollusca from Quilon, Kerala (India). Palaeontologica Indica 36
Belongs to Surcula according to A. K. Dey 1961
Sister taxa: Turricula (Crenaturricula), Turricula (Leptosurcula), Turricula (Turricula), Turricula amanda, Turricula aureolata, Turricula beanensis, Turricula bremertonensis, Turricula burroensis, Turricula buwaldana, Turricula calafia, Turricula cooperi, Turricula emerita, Turricula eolavinia, Turricula esdailei, Turricula excelsa, Turricula flammea, Turricula fluctuosa, Turricula hanguensis, Turricula haydeni, Turricula kayalensis, Turricula keaseyensis, Turricula kincaidi, Turricula maculosa, Turricula martini, Turricula mclellani, Turricula nelliae, Turricula nigricans, Turricula ochsneri, Turricula piercei, Turricula plutonica, Turricula praepromensis, Turricula promensis, Turricula rossellae, Turricula sethuramae, Turricula spuria, Turricula taurina, Turricula terryi, Turricula thangaensis, Turricula tornata, Turricula uvasana, Turricula venustula, Turricula waringi, Turricula washingtoniana, Surcula strigosa, Turris (Surcula) rhines, Surcula mayi, Surcula marylandica, Surcula clarki, Surcula piura, Surcula fairbanksi, Surcula andersoni, Surcula wateleti, Surcula decipiens, Surcula cowlitzensis, Surcula birmanica, Surcula labiata, Surcula holwayi, Surcula polyappellatia, Surcula iravadica, Surcula karenaica, Surcula merriami, Surcula sullana, Surcula coaequalis, Turricula (Surcula) steinbacherae, Surcula ingens, Surcula washingtoniana, Surcula thompsoni, Surcula evermanni, Surcula africana, Surcula riomaonis, Surcula binotata
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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