Callispira tricostata Mazaev 2011 (snail)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Acanthonematidae

Full reference: A. V. Mazaev. 2011. Pennsylvanian gastropods of the suborders Murchisoniina Cox et Knight, 1960 and Sinuspirina Mazaev subordo nov. from the central regions of the Russian Platform: Morphology, taxonomy, and phylogeny. Paleontological Journal 45(12):1533-1599

Belongs to Callispira according to A. V. Mazaev 2011

Sister taxa: Callispira bellula, Callispira grossa, Callispira novemcostata, Callispira okaensis, Callispira quinquecostata, Callispira taosiformis

Type specimen: PM RAS 4471/91/39, a shell. Its type locality is Locality 091. Aleksandrovskii Quarry, Bed 2, near Annenskii Most, which is in a Podolskian carbonate limestone in the Vaskino Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at Locality 091. Aleksandrovskii Quarry, Bed 2, near Annenskii Most

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