Alaria jacobi Basse 1930 (snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae

Full reference: E. Basse. 1930. Contribution a l'etude du Jurassique superieur (facies Corallien) en Ethiopie et en Arabie meridionale [Studies about the Upper Jurassic (Corallian facies) in Ethiopia and southern Arabia]. Memoires de la Societe Geologique de France 14:105-155

Belongs to Alaria according to E. Basse 1930

Sister taxa: Dicroloma armata, Dicroloma cochleata, Dicroloma dumortieri, Dicroloma eudesii, Dicroloma nudispira, Dicroloma zelandica, Alaria granulosa, Alaria tumida, Pterocera (Alaria) rochatiana, Alaria fairbanksi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Tagfidadaedi, which is in a Kimmeridgian shallow subtidal limestone in Ethiopia

Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Tagfidadaedi

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