Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Perissityidae
Full reference: E. Kittl. 1892. Die Gastropoden der Schichten von St. Cassian der südalpinen Trias. II. Theil. Annalen des Kaiserlich-Königlichen Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums 7:35-97
Belongs to Purpurina according to E. Kittl 1892
Sister taxa: Purpurina (Globipurpurina), Purpurina (Pseudalaria), Purpurina (Purpurina), Purpurina concava, Purpurina coronata, Purpurina elaborata, Purpurina formosa, Purpurina gravinaensis, Purpurina pleurotomaria, Purpurina scalaris, Purpurina sowerbyi, Purpurina subcerithiformis, Purpurina subpleurotomaria
Type specimen: NHMW 1899/V/300. Its type locality is St. Cassian (Wiener Hofsmuseums coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution: found only at St. Cassian (Wiener Hofsmuseums coll)
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