Keeneia hesdoensis Sahni and Dutt 1959 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Alternative combination: Euomphalus hesdoensis

Full reference: M. R. Sahni and D. K. Dutt. 1959. Argentine and Australian affinities in a Lower Permian fauna from Manendragarh, central India. Records of the Geological Survey of India 87:655-670

Belongs to Keeneia according to M. E. Clapham 2015

See also Sahni and Dutt 1959

Sister taxa: Keeneia afflicta, Keeneia allandalensis, Keeneia carnarvonensis, Keeneia ocula, Keeneia platyschismoides, Planikeeneia pristina, Planikeeneia occasa

Type specimen: GSI 18007. Its type locality is Manendragarh, which is in an Asselian coastal shale/conglomerate in the Talchir Formation of India.

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore

Distribution: found only at Manendragarh

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