Ratifusus tenuicostatus Tenison-Woods 1878 (true whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Alternative combinations: Epidromus tenuicostatus, Pisania tenuicostatus

Belongs to Ratifusus according to T. A. Darragh 1970

See also Tate 1888

Sister taxa: Epidromus nodulatus, Epidromus citharellus, Ratifusus leptoskeles, Ratifusus clitharellus, Ratifusus tasmanicus, Obex texturatus, Obex turritus

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Muddy Creek Fm - Muddy Creek (lower bed) (Miocene of Australia)

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