Ectosinum microstira Tate 1893 (moon snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae

Alternative combination: Sigaretus microstira

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 Ectosinum according to T. A. Darragh 1970

See also Tate 1893

Sister taxa: Sinum (Sinum), Sinum africanum, Sinum akinkugbei, Sinum aquensis, Sinum beatricae, Sinum bilix, Sinum carolanum, Sinum chesapeakensis, Sinum chipolanum, Sinum clathratum, Sinum concavum, Sinum cymba, Sinum danvillense, Sinum debile, Sinum debilis, Sinum declive, Sinum euryhedra, Sinum excentricum, Sinum eximium, Sinum fragilis, Sinum gabbi, Sinum gabrielensis, Sinum gatunense, Sinum grayi, Sinum haliotoidea, Sinum imperforatum, Sinum ineptum, Sinum jacksonense, Sinum javanus, Sinum lacondamini, Sinum maculatum, Sinum mississippiense, Sinum naticoidalis, Sinum nolani, Sinum noyesii, Sinum obliquum, Sinum pacificum, Sinum perrini, Sinum perspectivum, Sinum protoneritoideus, Sinum quirosanum, Sinum sanctijohannis, Sinum scopulosum, Sinum scopulosus, Sinum subglobosus, Sigaretus cinctus, Sigaretus perrini, Sigaretus raynevalli, Sigaretus mississippiensis, Sigaretus mexicanus, Sigaretus javanus, Sigaretus sanctijohannis, Sigaretus (Naticina), Sigaretus costatus

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Bird Rock Bluff (inc. Juc Juc and Puebla Fm) (Miocene of Australia)

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