Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pseudomelatomidae

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

Belongs to Drillia (Crassispira) according to A. K. Dey 1961

Sister taxa: Clavus (Crassispira) bravinderi, Crassispira (Crassispira), Crassispira (Crassispirella), Crassispira (Gibbaspira), Crassispira (Tripia), Crassispira abundans, Crassispira apicata, Crassispira bottae, Crassispira capella, Crassispira cerithina, Crassispira conica, Crassispira eurynome, Crassispira fuscescens, Crassispira guayana, Crassispira kachhensis, Crassispira losquemadica, Crassispira luctuosa, Crassispira maonisriparum, Crassispira martinensis, Crassispira olcesensis, Crassispira perrugata, Crassispira ponida, Crassispira scabriuscula, Crassispira seminflata, Crassispira starri, Crassispira tyloessa, Crassispira woodringi, Drillia (Crassispira) birmanica, Drillia (Crassispira) constricta, Drillia (Crassispira) dalabeensis, Drillia (Crassispira) iravadica, Drillia (Crassispira) kamaensis, Drillia (Crassispira) logani, Drillia (Crassispira) mekranica, Drillia (Crassispira) mindegyiensi, Drillia (Crassispira) myaukmigonensis, Drillia (Crassispira) promensis, Drillia (Crassispira) subbataviana, Drillia (Crassispira) subpromensis, Drillia (Crassispira) tittabweensis, Tripia

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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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.