Tibia protofusus Vredenburg 1928 (true conch)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae

Alternative combination: Rostellaria protofusus

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 Tibia according to P. N. Mukerjee 1939

Sister taxa: Tibia (Africoterebellum), Tibia (Aulacodiscus), Tibia (Hippochrene), Tibia (Tibia), Tibia (Tibiochilus), Tibia bivarica, Tibia curta, Tibia indica, Tibia pseudomokattamensis, Tibia samanaensis, Rostellaria fusiformis, Rostellaria columbaria, Rostellaria securifera, Rostellaria detracta, Rostellaria plurimacosta, Rostellaria (Veatchia), Rostellaria cancellata, Rostellaria crebricosta, Rostellaria constricta, Rostellaria palliata, Rostellaria gracilenta, Rostellaria macroptera, Rostellaria bidigitata

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

Distribution:

• Miocene of India (3 collections), Pakistan (3)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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