Amaurellina (Pachycrommium) fahmii Abbass 1967 (snail)

Gastropoda - Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae

Full reference: H. L. Abbass. 1967. A monograph on the Egyptian Paleocene and Eocene gastropods. United Arab Republic, Geological Survey-Geological Museum, Palaeontological Series, Monograph (4)1-154

Belongs to Amaurellina (Pachycrommium) according to H. L. Abbass 1967

Sister taxa: Amaurellina (Pachycrommium) moradi, Pachycrommium carmenensis, Pachycrommium clarki, Pachycrommium dalli, Pachycrommium eburnoides, Pachycrommium flemingi, Pachycrommium guppyi, Pachycrommium harrisi, Pachycrommium indicum, Pachycrommium martini, Pachycrommium nagaoi, Pachycrommium oweni, Pachycrommium saginata, Pseudocrommium gabrielensis

Type specimen: G430, a shell.

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at Egypt 8 (Ras El Ghorab) (Eocene of Egypt)

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