Tibia protofusus Vredenburg 1928 (true conch)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae

Alternative combination: Rostellaria protofusus

Full reference: E. Vredenburg. 1928. Description of Mollusca from the post-Eocene Tertiary formation of north-western India: Gastropoda (in part) and Lamellibranchiata. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India 50(2):351-506

Belongs to Tibia according to P. N. Mukerjee 1939

Sister taxa: Tibia (Africoterebellum), Tibia (Aulacodiscus), Tibia (Hippochrene), Tibia (Tibia), Tibia (Tibiochilus), Tibia bivarica, Tibia curta, Tibia indica, Tibia pseudomokattamensis, Tibia samanaensis, Rostellaria plurimacosta, Rostellaria palliata, Rostellaria gracilenta, Rostellaria detracta, Rostellaria macroptera, Rostellaria fusiformis, Rostellaria securifera, Rostellaria bidigitata, Rostellaria (Veatchia), Rostellaria columbaria, Rostellaria constricta, Rostellaria cancellata, Rostellaria crebricosta

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

Distribution:

• Miocene of India (3 collections), Pakistan (3)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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