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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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