Nerinea gachupinae Alencaster 1977 (snail)

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Nerineidae

Full reference: G. Alencaster. 1977. Moluscos y braquiopodos del Jurasico superior de Chiapas [Upper Jurassic molluscs and brachiopods from Chiapas]. Revista mexicana de ciencias geologicas 1(2):151-166

Belongs to Nerinea according to G. Alencaster 1977

Sister taxa: Nerinea (Plesioptygmatis), Nerinea capelloi, Nerinea desvoidyi, Nerinea somaliensis, Nerinea stewarti, Nerinea thompsonensis, Nerinea timorensis

Type specimen: IGM-2326. Its type locality is La Gachupina, which is in a Kimmeridgian shallow subtidal limestone/marl in the San Ricardo Formation of Mexico.

Ecology: epifaunal

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 14.6

Distribution: found only at La Gachupina

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