Petitilla Wise 1996 (snail)

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae

Synonym: Petitella Wise 1995 [replaced name]

Full reference: J. B. Wise. 1996. Petitilla, new name for Petitella Wise, 1996, a preoccupied name (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pyramidellidae). The Nautilus 110(2):76

Parent taxon: Pyramidellidae according to J. B. Wise 1995

Sister taxa: Aartsenia, Agatha, Bartschella, Besla, Boonea, Brachystomia, Callolongchaeus, Careliopsis, Chemnitzia, Chrysalida, Creonella, Cyclostremella, Dunkeria, Eulimella, Evalea, Gumina, Henrya, Herviera, Iolaea, Iselica, Ivara, Ividella, Kleinella, Lacrimiforma, Linopyrga, Longchaeus, Milda, Miralda, Nisosyrnola, Nodostoma, Odontostomia, Odostomella, Odostomia, Odostomiinae, Odostominae, Ondina, Orinella, Otopleura, Paramormula, Peristichia, Pharcidella, Ptycheulimella, Pyramidellinae, Pyrgolampros, Pyrgulina, Salassia, Sayella, Strioturbonilla, Syrnola, Tiberia (Cossmannica), Triptychus, Turbonillinae, Ugartea, Waikura

Subtaxa: Petitilla crosseana

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Type: Sayella crosseana

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Petitilla in the database

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