Drillia (Crassispira) mekranica Vredenburg 1925 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pseudomelatomidae

Full reference: E. Vredenburg. 1925. Description of Mollusca from the post-Eocene Tertiary formation of north-western India: Cephalopoda, Opisthobranchiata, Siphonostomata. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India 50(1):1-350

Belongs to Drillia (Crassispira) according to E. Vredenburg 1925

Sister taxa: Clavus (Crassispira) bravinderi, Crassispira (Crassispira), Crassispira (Crassispirella), Crassispira (Gibbaspira), Crassispira (Tripia), Crassispira abundans, Crassispira apicata, Crassispira bottae, Crassispira capella, Crassispira cerithina, Crassispira conica, Crassispira eurynome, Crassispira fuscescens, Crassispira guayana, Crassispira kachhensis, Crassispira losquemadica, Crassispira luctuosa, Crassispira maonisriparum, Crassispira martinensis, Crassispira olcesensis, Crassispira perrugata, Crassispira ponida, Crassispira scabriuscula, Crassispira seminflata, Crassispira starri, Crassispira tyloessa, Crassispira woodringi, Drillia (Crassispira) birmanica, Drillia (Crassispira) constricta, Drillia (Crassispira) dalabeensis, Drillia (Crassispira) iravadica, Drillia (Crassispira) kamaensis, Drillia (Crassispira) logani, Drillia (Crassispira) mindegyiensi, Drillia (Crassispira) myaukmigonensis, Drillia (Crassispira) promensis, Drillia (Crassispira) subbataviana, Drillia (Crassispira) subpromensis, Drillia (Crassispira) tittabweensis, Drillia (Crassispira) woodringi, Tripia

Type specimen: Unknown number, a shell

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Drillia (Crassispira) mekranica in the database

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