Bayania omanispinosa Harzhauser 2007 (snail)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Thiaridae

Full reference: M. Harzhauser. 2007. Oligocene and Aquitanian gastropod faunas from the Sultanate of Oman and their biogeographic implications for the western Indo-Pacific. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 280:75-121

Belongs to Bayania according to M. Harzhauser 2007

Sister taxa: Bayania boussaci, Bayania epelys, Bayania lactea, Bayania semidecussata

Type specimen: NHMW 2006z0236/0006, a shell. Its type locality is Gebel Madrakah - Warak Fm, which is in a Chattian shallow subtidal limestone in the Warak Formation of Oman.

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at Gebel Madrakah - Warak Fm

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