Sisenna novoguineana Skwarko 1973 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Rhaphistomellidae

Full reference: S. K. Skwarko. 1973. Middle and Upper Triassic Mollusca from Yuat River, eastern New Guinea. Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics Bulletin 126:27-50

Belongs to Sisenna according to S. K. Skwarko 1973

Sister taxa: Pleurotomaria (Sisenna) euspira, Sisenna apsara, Sisenna canalis, Sisenna elegansa, Sisenna excelsiori, Sisenna hanwangensis, Sisenna inaequistriata, Sisenna infirma, Sisenna jingguensis, Sisenna ninglangensis, Sisenna pinguis, Sisenna procera, Sisenna sandori, Sisenna subturrita, Sisenna turbinata, Sisenna turrita, Sisenna venusta, Sisenna xiangyunensis

Type specimen: CPC 11163. Its type locality is 20NG0018, Yuat River, which is in a Carnian marine shale in the Yuat Formation of Papua New Guinea.

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at 20NG0018, Yuat River

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