Pleuroploca cryptoploca Tate 1888 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae

Alternative combination: Fasciolaria cryptoploca

Full reference: R. Tate. 1888. The gastropods of the older Tertiary of Australia (Part 1). Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Australia 10:91-171

Belongs to Pleuroploca according to T. A. Darragh 1970

See also Tate 1888

Sister taxa: Fasciolaria (Pleuroploca) laeviuscula, Pleuroploca cristata, Pleuroploca filamentosa, Pleuroploca gorgasiana, Pleuroploca macdonaldi, Pleuroploca olssoni, Pleuroploca rugata, Pleuroploca trapezium, Pleuroploca turamensis

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Muddy Creek Fm - Muddy Creek (lower bed) (Miocene of Australia)

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