Rostellaria gracilenta Wood 1882 (true conch)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae

Full reference: S. V. Wood. 1882. Third supplement to the Crag Mollusca comparing Testacea from the Upper Tertiaries of the east of England. Univalves and Bivalves 1-24

Belongs to Rostellaria according to S. V. Wood 1882

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 bidigitata, Rostellaria cancellata, Rostellaria plurimacosta, Rostellaria constricta, Rostellaria macroptera, Rostellaria crebricosta, Rostellaria detracta, Rostellaria (Veatchia), Rostellaria securifera, Rostellaria columbaria, Rostellaria palliata

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

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

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