†Pyrazus protobeninus Vredenburg 1928 (snail)
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Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Batillariidae
Full reference: E. Vredenburg. 1928. Description of Mollusca from the post-Eocene Tertiary formation of north-western India: Gastropoda (in part) and Lamellibranchiata. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India 50(2):351-506
Belongs to Pyrazus according to E. Vredenburg 1928
Sister taxa: Cerithium (Pyrazus) arapovicense, Pyrazus consobrinus, Pyrazus ebeninus, Pyrazus elongatum, Pyrazus indicus, Pyrazus nigeriensis, Pyrazus octogonus, Pyrazus sutherlandi, Pyrazus valeriae, Pyrazus waitemataensis
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution: found only at Gaj beds - Eri Hill (Miocene of Pakistan)
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