Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
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 Volutocorbis according to F. E. Eames 1952
Sister taxa: Athleta (Volutocorbis) burtoni, Athleta (Volutocorbis) eugeniae, Athleta (Volutocorbis) lasharii, Athleta (Volutocorbis) wynnei, Volutocorbis (Volutocorbis), Volutocorbis crenulifera, Volutocorbis digitalina, Volutocorbis elevata, Volutocorbis furoni, Volutocorbis inornatus, Volutocorbis lima, Volutocorbis minutus, Volutocorbis oregonensis, Volutocorbis scabricula, Volutocorbis virginiae
Type specimen: BMNH G.66932, a shell. Its type locality is East of Safaed, south of Tobah Kund, Dera Ismail Khan District, which is in a Lutetian marine shale in the Domanda Formation of Pakistan.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Pakistan (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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