Peruvispira vipersdorfensis Dickins 1961 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Alternative combination: Pleurocinctosa vipersdorfensis

Full reference: J. M. Dickins. 1961. Eurydesma and Peruvispira from the Dwyka Beds of South Africa. Palaeontology 4(1):138-148

Belongs to Peruvispira according to J. M. Dickins 1961

See also Waterhouse 1987

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 volupta, Pleurocinctosa trifilata, Pleurocinctosa promenata

Type specimen: No. 7081, a shell. Its type locality is Farm Vipersdorf 63, Gibeon District, Mariental, which is in a Sakmarian marine siliciclastic in the Dwyka Formation of Namibia.

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Permian of Namibia (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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