Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Rissoidae
Full reference: F. E. Eames. 1952. A contribution to the study of the Eocene in Western Pakistan and Western India: C. The description of the Scaphopoda and Gastropoda from standard sections in the Rakhi Nala and Zindar Pir areas of the Western Punjab and in the Kohat District. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B 236:1-168
Belongs to Rissoa according to F. E. Eames 1952
Sister taxa: Rissoa (Turbella), Rissoa alienocurta, Rissoa canariensis, Rissoa cooperi, Rissoa costulata, Rissoa dolium, Rissoa epulata, Rissoa intersecta, Rissoa kelseyi, Rissoa multicostata, Rissoa parva, Rissoa poustagnacensis, Rissoa reticulata, Rissoa similis, Rissoa ventricosa
Type specimen: BMNH G.68051, a shell. Its type locality is Fossil Bed F.2676, Zinda Pir, which is in a Ypresian marine shale in the Ghazij Formation of Pakistan.
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Eocene of Pakistan (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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