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 gracilenta, Rostellaria palliata, Rostellaria crebricosta, Rostellaria plurimacosta, Rostellaria macroptera, Rostellaria cancellata, Rostellaria securifera, Rostellaria columbaria, Rostellaria constricta, Rostellaria fusiformis, Rostellaria detracta, Rostellaria bidigitata, Rostellaria (Veatchia)

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

Distribution:

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

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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