Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Full reference: S. Banerjee and K. Halder. 2024. A new caenogastropod assemblage from the early Eocene of the Cambay Basin, western India, and its palaeoenvironmental implications. Papers in Palaeontology 10(5)
Belongs to Ptychocerithium according to S. Banerjee and K. Halder 2024
Sister taxa: Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) ansuriensis, Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) archiaci, Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) haimei, Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) hassani, Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) ighinai, Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) nanggulanense, Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) plicatoligocenica, Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) pseudocorrugatum, Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) rostratum, Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) rude, Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) tricingulatum, Ptychocerithium perlamellosum, Ptychocerithium turritoplicatum
Type specimen: PG/CG/Cr34, a shell
Ecology: epifaunal herbivore
Distribution: found only at MLS5 Cambay Shale Mangrol Mine (Eocene of India)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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