†Purpura (Thalessa) mekranica Vredenburg 1925 (murex snail)
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Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
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 Purpura (Thalessa) according to E. Vredenburg 1925
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Unknown number, a shell
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Mekran beds (Gwadar Stage) - nodular shales of Ormara (Pliocene of Pakistan)
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