Pileopsis prisca Goldfuss 1844 (snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Capulidae

Full reference: G. A. Goldfuss. 1844. Divisio quinta. Molluscorum gasteropodum reliquiae. Petrefacta Germaniae et ea, quae in Museuo Universitatis Regiae, Borussicae Frederischiae Wilhelmiae Rhenanae servantur et alia quacungue in Museis Hueninghausiano, Muensteriano aliisque exstant, iconibus et descriptionnibus illustrata 3(5):1-120

Belongs to Pileopsis according to G. A. Goldfuss 1844

Sister taxa: Pileopsis cornucopiae, Pileopsis dilatata, Pileopsis elegans, Pileopsis gossensi, Pileopsis opercularis, Pileopsis patelloides, Pileopsis pennata, Pileopsis pennatus, Pileopsis retortella, Pileopsis spirirostris

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pileopsis prisca in the database

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