Walnichollsia minuta Waterhouse 1963 (snail)

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 Walnichollsia according to J. B. Waterhouse 1963

Sister taxa: Walnichollsia erecta, Walnichollsia subcancellata

Type specimen: TM3189. Its type locality is GS6054, Gibraltar Burn-Redcliff Creek (D44/f9625), which is in an Artinskian marine sandstone in New Zealand.

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 11.2

Distribution: found only at GS6054, Gibraltar Burn-Redcliff Creek (D44/f9625)

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