Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Alternative combination: Ptychocerithium turritoplicatum plicatoligocenica
Belongs to Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) according to M. Harzhauser 2004
Sister taxa: Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) ansuriensis, Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) archiaci, Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) haimei, Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) hassani, Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) ighinai, Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) nanggulanense, Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) pseudocorrugatum, Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) rostratum, Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) rude, Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) tricingulatum, Ptychocerithium perlamellosum, Ptychocerithium shamukum, Ptychocerithium turritoplicatum
Ecology: epifaunal herbivore
Distribution: found only at AB/41 - Abadeh (Qom Fm) (Oligocene of Iran)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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