Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Full reference: D. Merle and J. Pacaud. 2014. Taxonomic names, in Volutidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of the Lakhra Formation (Earliest Eocene, Sindh, Pakistan): systematics, biostratigraphy and paleobiogeography. Zootaxa 3826(1):101-138
Belongs to Volutilithes according to D. Merle and J. Pacaud 2014
Sister taxa: Volutilithes (Afrovolutilithes), Volutilithes (Volutilithes), Volutilithes acuta, Volutilithes angustata, Volutilithes calabasasensis, Volutilithes clarae, Volutilithes dumosa, Volutilithes fusiformis, Volutilithes gruneri, Volutilithes guillemaini, Volutilithes minor, Volutilithes multicostata, Volutilithes muricinus, Volutilithes nodifera, Volutilithes orocopiaensis, Volutilithes pariaensis, Volutilithes permulticostata, Volutilithes protensa, Volutilithes pseudocostata, Volutilithes pusilla, Volutilithes rakhiensis, Volutilithes sindhiensis, Volutilithes spicata, Volutilithes subcorrugata, Volutilithes symmetrica, Volutilithes torreyensis, Volutilithes undulosus, Volutilithes whitensis
Type specimen: CPAG.RAN.I.39, a shell. Its type locality is Stn 4, East of Lakhra village section, which is in a Ypresian marine limestone/sandstone in Pakistan.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Stn 4, East of Lakhra village section
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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