Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1963. Permian gastropods of New Zealand; Part 3, Pleurotomariacea (concluded). New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 6:587-622
Belongs to Peruvispira according to J. M. Dickins 1989
See also Waterhouse 1963
Sister taxa: Peruvispira alticonica, Peruvispira australis, Peruvispira boreala, Peruvispira canningensis, Peruvispira carinata, Peruvispira coatesi, Peruvispira delicata, Peruvispira deornata, Peruvispira elegans, Peruvispira fletcheri, Peruvispira ganneyica, Peruvispira kanchanaburiensis, Peruvispira kirillowensis, Peruvispira lingshuiensis, Peruvispira lochinvarensis, Peruvispira modesta, Peruvispira oklahomaensis, Peruvispira robusta, Peruvispira sueroi, Peruvispira turrita, Peruvispira umariensis, Peruvispira uralensis, Peruvispira vipersdorfensis, Peruvispira volupta, Pleurocinctosa trifilata, Pleurocinctosa promenata
Type specimen: TM 3036, a shell. Its type locality is GS6323, east tributary of Letham Burn (D44/f9672), which is in a Roadian marine horizon in the Letham Formation of New Zealand.
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 5.82
Distribution:
• Permian of New Zealand (9 collections)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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