Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Alternative combinations: Cerithium rude, Ptychocerithium rude
Belongs to Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) according to T. Shuto 1978
See also Eames 1950, 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) ighinai, Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) nanggulanense, Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) plicatoligocenica, Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) pseudocorrugatum, Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) rostratum, Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) tricingulatum, Ptychocerithium perlamellosum, Ptychocerithium turritoplicatum
Ecology: epifaunal herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of India (3 collections), Indonesia (4), Oman (1), Pakistan (2)
• Oligocene of Oman (1)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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