Vermetus hanguensis Cox 1930 (worm shell)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae

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 Vermetus according to L. R. Cox 1930

Sister taxa: Vermetus (Bivonia), Vermetus (Thylaeodus), Vermetus (Vermetus), Vermetus anellum, Vermetus anguis, Vermetus carmatus, Vermetus cornejoi, Vermetus cristatus, Vermetus giganteus, Vermetus javanus, Vermetus junghuhni, Vermetus lumbricalis, Vermetus maximus, Vermetus pulcher, Vermetus quadricarinatus, Vermetus stampinensis, Vermetus tokyoensis

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: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Hangu Shales - Samana Range, Pakistan

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