Athleta (Volutospina) sindiensis Vredenburg 1925 (volute)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Alternative combination: Volutospina sindiensis

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 Athleta (Volutospina) according to M. Harzhauser et al. 2009

See also Iqbal 1980 and Vredenburg 1925

Sister taxa: Athleta (Volutospina) ambiguus, Athleta (Volutospina) athleta, Athleta (Volutospina) dentata, Athleta (Volutospina) depauperatus, Athleta (Volutospina) jacobsi, Athleta (Volutospina) japonica, Athleta (Volutospina) luctator, Athleta (Volutospina) mekranica, Athleta (Volutospina) nishimurai, Athleta (Volutospina) nodosa, Athleta (Volutospina) noetlingi, Athleta (Volutospina) spinosa, Athleta (Volutospina) subambigua, Athleta (Volutospina) suspensus, Volutospina conicoturrita, Volutospina crassiuscula, Volutospina kohatica, Volutospina meridionalis, Volutospina multispinosa

Type specimen: Unknown number, a shell

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Pakistan (1 collection)

• Oligocene of Pakistan (2)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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