Strombus mekranicus Vredenburg 1925 (conch)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae

Full reference: E. Vredenburg. 1925. Description of Mollusca from the post-Eocene Tertiary formation of north-western India: Cephalopoda, Opisthobranchiata, Siphonostomata. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India 50(1):1-350

Belongs to Strombus according to E. Vredenburg 1925

Sister taxa: Strombus (Austrombus), Strombus (Conomurex), Strombus (Dolomena), Strombus (Doxander), Strombus (Euprotomus), Strombus (Eustrombus), Strombus (Gibberulus), Strombus (Labiostrombus), Strombus (Laevistrombus), Strombus (Lentigo), Strombus (Macrostrombus), Strombus (Strombus), Strombus (Tricornis), Strombus alatus, Strombus albirupianus, Strombus arayaensis, Strombus bifrons, Strombus blanci, Strombus contortus, Strombus cossmanni, Strombus daviesi, Strombus evergladesensis, Strombus fasciatus, Strombus fasciatus, Strombus floridanus, Strombus galeatus, Strombus gatunensis, Strombus glaber, Strombus herklotsi, Strombus inflatus, Strombus javanus, Strombus junghuhni, Strombus labiatus, Strombus lindae, Strombus nodosus, Strombus proximus, Strombus pugilis, Strombus sedanensis, Strombus tournoueri, Strombus triangulatus, Strombus uncatus, Strombus urceus, Strombus vomer

Type specimen: Unknown number, a shell

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

Distribution: found only at Mekran beds (Talar Stage) - North of Talar Gorge (Miocene of Pakistan)

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