Peruvispira volupta 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. B. 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 imbricata, Peruvispira kanchanaburiensis, Peruvispira kirillowensis, Peruvispira lingshuiensis, Peruvispira lochinvarensis, Peruvispira modesta, Peruvispira oklahomaensis, Peruvispira robusta, Peruvispira sueroi, Peruvispira turrita, Peruvispira umariensis, Peruvispira uralensis, Peruvispira vipersdorfensis, Pleurocinctosa promenata, Pleurocinctosa trifilata

Type specimen: TM 3108, a shell. Its type locality is GS7358, Productus Creek (D44/f9876), which is in a Changhsingian marine limestone in the Wairaki Breccia Formation of New Zealand.

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 7.00

Distribution:

• Permian of New Zealand (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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