Additional Middle Jurassic gastropods from Kachchh (western India) in the collections of the Banaras Hindu University (Varanasi, India)

Abstract

Twenty species, new for the faunas from diff erent Jurassic localities of Kachchh, western India are introduced in this paper. Most of these species can be treated by the open nomenclature but some new taxa can also be established on satisfactorily preserved specimens. Th e new taxa are Jumaramaria jumaraensis n. gen., n. sp., Solarioconulus kachchhensis n. sp., Chartronella belaensis n. sp., Planiturbo lerensis n. sp., Exelissa indiana n. sp., and Sulcoactaeon? haboensis n. sp. With 83 figures.