Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Alternative combinations: Cerithium ighinai, Ptychocerithium ighinai
Belongs to Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) according to M. Harzhauser 2004
See also Harzhauser 2007, Harzhauser et al. 2009 and Vredenburg 1928
Sister taxa: Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) ansuriensis, Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) archiaci, Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) haimei, Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) hassani, Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) nanggulanense, Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) plicatoligocenica, Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) pseudocorrugatum, Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) rostratum, Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) rude, Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) tricingulatum, Ptychocerithium perlamellosum, Ptychocerithium turritoplicatum
Ecology: epifaunal herbivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Iran (4 collections), Pakistan (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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