Pseudoneptunea costellata Grateloup 1847 (true whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Alternative combinations: Buccinum costellatum, Fusus costellatus

Belongs to Pseudoneptunea according to M. Harzhauser 2004

Sister taxa: Pseudoneptunea burgasensis, Pseudoneptunea curta, Siphonalia (Pseudoneptunea) semisulcata

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Rö/159/84 and Rö/160/84 - Doutsiko (Eptachorion Fm) (Oligocene of Greece)

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