Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pyropsidae
Full reference: J. D. Stilwell, W. J. Zinsmeister, and A. E. Oleinik. 2004. Early Paleocene Mollusks of Antarctica: Systematics, Paleoecology and Paleobiogeographic Significance. Bulletins of American Paleontology 367
Belongs to Pyropsis according to J. D. Stilwell et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Pyropsis africana, Pyropsis aldersoni, Pyropsis bairdi, Pyropsis californica, Pyropsis coloradoensis, Pyropsis cornutus, Pyropsis elongata, Pyropsis fantozzii, Pyropsis filamentosa, Pyropsis forbesiana, Pyropsis gabbi, Pyropsis grahami, Pyropsis hombroniana, Pyropsis interstriata, Pyropsis interstriatus, Pyropsis lanhami, Pyropsis louellae, Pyropsis nodifera, Pyropsis nodulifera, Pyropsis patagonica, Pyropsis perlata, Pyropsis perornatus, Pyropsis prolixa, Pyropsis proxima, Pyropsis spinosus, Pyropsis striata, Pyropsis zinsmeisteri
Type specimen: USNM 511872. Its type locality is Locality 1104 - Sobral Fm, Seymour Island, which is in a Danian offshore sandstone in the Sobral Formation of Antarctica.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Locality 1104 - Sobral Fm, Seymour Island
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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