Rostellaria detracta Traub 1938 (true conch)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae

Full reference: F. Traub. 1938. Geologische und paläontologische Bearbeitung der Kreide und des Tertiärs im östlichen Rupertiwinkel, nördlich von Salzburg [Geological and paleontological work on the Cretaceous and Tertiary of the eastern Ruperti region, north of Salzburg]. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 88:1-107

Belongs to Rostellaria according to F. Traub 1938

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Mt. Haunsberg, which is in a Paleocene coastal sandstone/marl in the Oiching Formation of Austria.

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

Distribution: found only at Mt. Haunsberg

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