Rimella levis Cox 1930 (true conch)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae

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 Rimella according to L. R. Cox 1930

Sister taxa: Rimella (Rimella), Rimella canalis, Rimella carli, Rimella desertica, Rimella duplicostata, Rimella elongata, Rimella fissurella, Rimella fowleriana, Rimella fusoides, Rimella knappiana, Rimella oregonensis, Rimella pakistanica, Rimella peruviana, Rimella prestwichi, Rimella quoseibii, Rimella rimosa, Rimella supraplicata, Ectinochilus (Cowlitzia) canalifer, Ectinochilus (Cowlitzia) washingtonensis, Ectinochilus (Cowlitzia) canalifera, Ectinochilus (Ectinochilus), Ectinochilus olssoni, Ectinochilus (Vaderos), Ectinochilus (Macilentos), Ectinochilus antipodarum, Ectinochilus planum, Ectinochilus gaudichaudi

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 omnivore-grazer

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

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