Murihikua marwicki Begg and Grant-Mackie 2003 (snail)

Gastropoda - Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae

Full reference: J. G. Begg and J. A. Grant-Mackie. 2003. New Zealand and New Caledonian Triassic Pleurotomariidae (Gastropoda, Mollusca). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 33:223-268

Belongs to Murihikua according to J. G. Begg and J. A. Grant-Mackie 2003

Sister taxa: Murihikua aparima, Murihikua tuhawaiki

Type specimen: AU G6261. Its type locality is AU 341, Awakino Gorge (R17/f8574), which is in an Otapirian marine horizon in the Ngutunui Formation of New Zealand.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of New Zealand (5 collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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