Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Alternative combinations: Peruvispira trifilata, Pleurotomaria trifilata
Synonyms: Pleurotomaria morrisiana M'Coy 1847, Ptychomphalina morrisiana M'Coy 1847
Full reference: J. D. Dana. 1847. Descriptions of fossil shells of the collections of the exploring expedition under the command of Charles Wilkes, USN, obtained in Australia, from the lower layers of the coal formation in Illawarra, and from a deposit probably of nearly the same age at Harper's Hill, Valley of the Hunter. American Journal of Science and Arts, Second Series 4:151-160
Belongs to Pleurocinctosa according to J. B. Waterhouse 1987
See also Dickins 1961, Fletcher 1958, Laseron 1910, M'Coy 1847 and Waterhouse 1983
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, Peruvispira volupta, Pleurocinctosa promenata
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 4.07
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (9 collections), New Zealand (1)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
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