Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Cryptaulacidae
Full reference: S. M. Ferrari. 2009. Cosmopolitan Early Jurassic marine gastropods from west−central Patagonia, Argentina. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 54:449-461
Belongs to Cryptaulax according to S. M. Ferrari 2012
See also Ferrari 2009
Sister taxa: Cryptaulax abcisum, Cryptaulax armatum, Cryptaulax bittneri, Cryptaulax convexa, Cryptaulax echinata, Cryptaulax gratum, Cryptaulax inaequelineata, Cryptaulax kulickii, Cryptaulax mutabilis, Cryptaulax protortile, Cryptaulax quenstedti, Cryptaulax redelii, Cryptaulax rhabdocolpoides, Cryptaulax shiptonensis, Cryptaulax slatteri, Cryptaulax tilarniocensis, Cryptaulax tricuspis, Cryptaulax variformatum, Cryptaulax wawalensis
Type specimen: MPEF-PI 1878, a shell. Its type locality is PA 06, Puesto Currumil, Sierra del Cerro Negro, which is in a Falciferum coastal sandstone in the Osta Arena Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Argentina (8 collections)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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