Megistocerithium magoi Kase et al. 2015 (snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Eustomatidae

Full reference: T. Kase, Y. Kurihara, Y. M. Aguilar, H. Pandita, A. S. Gil Fernando and H. Hayashi. 2015. A New Cerithioidean Genus Megistocerithium (Gastropoda; Mollusca) from the Miocene of Southeast Asia: A Possible Relict of Mesozoic "Eustomatidae". Paleontological Research 19(4):299-311

Belongs to Megistocerithium according to T. Kase et al. 2015

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NMNS PM26959, a shell. Its type locality is CAG-3.—A small exposure in a small creek, Tjikantjaora, in Tjiangsana village, which is in a Tortonian open shallow subtidal siltstone/sandstone in the Nyalindung Formation of Indonesia.

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Miocene of Indonesia (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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