Lilax asper Tate 1893 (snail)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Siliquariidae

Alternative combination: Thylacodes asper

Full reference: R. Tate. 1893. The gastropods of the Older Tertiary of Australia (Part 4). Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia 17:316-345

Belongs to Lilax according to T. A. Darragh 1970

See also Tate 1893

Sister taxa: Lilax cratericulus, Lilax actinotus, Lilax conohelix

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Gellibrand Fm - Mouth of Gellibrand River (Miocene of Australia)

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