†Megastomia canaliculata Banerjee and Halder 2023 (snail)
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Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Full reference: S. Banerjee and K. Halder. 2023. First report of heterobranch microgastropods from an early Eocene marginal marine succession of Cambay Basin, western India. Palaeoworld 33(5):1359-1377
Belongs to Megastomia according to S. Banerjee and K. Halder 2023
Sister taxa: Megastomia carinata, Odostomia (Megastomia) infrasubcarinata
Type specimen: PG/CG/Pd11, a shell. Its type locality is MGS3 Cambay Shale Mangrol Mine , which is in a Ypresian marginal marine shale in the Cambay Shale Formation of India.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of India (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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