Rostellaria fusiformis Hall and Meek 1855 (true conch)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae

Full reference: J. Hall and F. B. Meek. 1855. Descriptions of New Species of Fossils, from the Cretaceous Formations of Nebraska, with Observations upon Baculites ovatus and B. compressus, and the Progressive Development of the Septa in Baculites, Ammonites, and Scaphites. Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 5(2):379-411

Belongs to Rostellaria according to J. Hall and F. B. Meek 1855

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

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

Distribution: found only at Sage Creek, Upper part of Division No.4 ( of Nebraska)

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