Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1963. Permian gastropods of New Zealand; Part 2, Pleurotomariacea (in part). New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 6:115-154
Belongs to Platyteichum according to J. B. Waterhouse 1987
See also Waterhouse 1963
Sister taxa: Platyteichum brenensis, Platyteichum coniforme, Platyteichum costatum, Platyteichum ornatum, Platyteichum spirolaxum, Platyteichum waterhousei
Type specimen: TM 3251, a shell. Its type locality is GS6072, Letham Burn (D44/f9623), which is in a Capitanian marine horizon in the Mangarewa Formation of New Zealand.
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 14.8
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (4 collections), New Zealand (14)
Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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