Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Xenophoridae

Alternative combination: Tugurium mekranense

Full reference: R. B. Newton. 1905. An account of some marine fossils contained in limestone nodules found on the Mekran Beach, off Ormara Headland, Baluchistan. Geological Magazine 2:293-305

Belongs to Xenophora (Xenophora) according to A. J. W. Hendy 2007

See also Vredenburg 1928

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Unknown number, a shell

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at Mekran beds (Gwadar Stage) - nodular shales of Ormara (Pliocene of Pakistan)

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