Gastropoda - Stromboidea - Strombidae

Full reference: M. Harzhauser. 2007. Oligocene and Aquitanian gastropod faunas from the Sultanate of Oman and their biogeographic implications for the western Indo-Pacific. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 280:75-121

Belongs to Varicospira according to M. Harzhauser et al. 2009

Sister taxa: Varicospira cancellata, Varicospira crispata, Varicospira gerthi, Varicospira javana, Varicospira longirostra, Varicospira martini, Varicospira mordax, Varicospira narica, Varicospira rembangensis, Varicospira semicancellata, Varicospira sindiensis, Varicospira spinifera, Varicospira subrimosa

Type specimen: NHMW 2006z0230/0001, a shell. Its type locality is Karmah Pass - Warak Fm, which is in a Chattian shallow subtidal limestone/grainstone in the Warak Formation of Oman.

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

Average measurements (in mm): shell 36.0 x 18.0