Tahua waipiro 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 Tahua according to J. G. Begg and J. A. Grant-Mackie 2003

Sister taxon: Tahua taiaroa

Type specimen: OU 16446. Its type locality is JDC 2229, Whisky Creek, Hokonui Hills (F45/f194), which is in an Otamitan marine siliciclastic in New Zealand.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of New Zealand (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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