Tretospira funiculata Reed 1944 (periwinkle)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Purpurinidae

Full reference: F. R. C. Reed. 1944. Brachiopoda and Mollusca from the Productus limestones of the Salt Range. Palaeontogica Indica, Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India, New Series 23(2):1-596

Belongs to Tretospira according to F. R. C. Reed 1944

Sister taxa: Tretospira angulata, Tretospira carinata, Tretospira fasciata, Tretospira indica, Tretospira multistriata, Tretospira obtusa

Type specimen: Its type locality is Banschang, E of Chhidru, upper hill, mixture of beds 1 and 2, Salt Range, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine horizon in the Chhidru Formation of Pakistan

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at Banschang, E of Chhidru, upper hill, mixture of beds 1 and 2, Salt Range

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