Rostellaria plurimacosta Wood 1848 (true conch)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae

Full reference: S. V. Wood. 1848. A monograph of the Crag Mollusca or, descriptions of shells from the middle and upper Tertiaries of the East of England. Part 1. Univalves 1-208

Belongs to Rostellaria according to S. V. Wood 1848

Sister taxa: Tibia (Africoterebellum), Tibia (Aulacodiscus), Tibia (Hippochrene), Tibia (Tibia), Tibia (Tibiochilus), Tibia bivarica, Tibia curta, Tibia indica, Tibia protofusus, Tibia pseudomokattamensis, Tibia samanaensis, Rostellaria columbaria, Rostellaria palliata, Rostellaria detracta, Rostellaria (Veatchia), Rostellaria macroptera, Rostellaria fusiformis, Rostellaria bidigitata, Rostellaria gracilenta, Rostellaria cancellata, Rostellaria crebricosta, Rostellaria constricta, Rostellaria securifera

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

Distribution: found only at Sutton, Suffolk [Red Crag] (Pliocene of the United Kingdom)

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