Gastropoda - Neritoidea - Naticopsidae
Full reference: H.-F. Yin and E. L. Yochelson. 1983. Middle Triassic Gastropoda from Qingyan, Guizhou Province, China: 2 - Trochacea and Neritacea. Journal of Paleontology 57(3):515-538
Belongs to Vernelia according to H.-F. Yin and E. L. Yochelson 1983
Sister taxa: Hologyra (Vernelia) dissimilis, Hologyra (Vernelia) vincta, Naticopsis (Vernelia) sublimneiformis, Vernelia crassilabellum, Vernelia fenestravella, Vernelia samae
Type specimen: GQ81067. Its type locality is Yinshanpo KC261, Qingyan, which is in a Pelsonian/Illyrian marine shale/marl in the Qingyan Formation of China.
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution: found only at Yinshanpo KC261, Qingyan
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