Purpura (Thalessa) mekranica Vredenburg 1925 (murex snail)

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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