Peruvispira imbricata Waterhouse 1963 (snail)

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

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