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

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

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

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