†Pirena torta Cox 1930 (snail)
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Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Pachychilidae
Full reference: L. R. Cox. 1930. The fossil fauna of the Samana Range and some neighbouring areas: Part VIII. The Mollusca of the Hangu Shales. Memoirs of the Geological Suvery of India 14
Belongs to Pirena according to L. R. Cox 1930
Sister taxa: Faunus (Pseudofaunus), Faunus beyenburgi, Faunus lagunitensis, Faunus lamarckii, Faunus nipponicus, Faunus paytensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Hangu Shales - Samana Range, Pakistan, which is in a Selandian/Thanetian marginal marine shale in the Hangu Formation of Pakistan
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution: found only at Hangu Shales - Samana Range, Pakistan
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