Rostellaria securifera Forbes 1846 (true conch)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae

Full reference: E. Forbes. 1846. Report on the fossil invertebrata from southern India, collected by Mr. Kaye and Mr. Cunliffe. Transactions of the Geological Society of London, Series 2 7:97-174

Belongs to Rostellaria according to E. Forbes 1846

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

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Rostellaria securifera in the database

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