Cryptaulax variformatum Bandel 1994 (snail)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Cryptaulacidae

Full reference: K. Bandel. 1994. Comparison of Upper Triassic and Lower Jurassic gastropods from the Peruvian Andes (Pucara Group) and the Alps (Cassian Formation). Palaeontographica Abteilung A 233:127-160

Belongs to Cryptaulax according to K. Bandel 1994

Sister taxa: Cryptaulax abcisum, Cryptaulax armatum, Cryptaulax bittneri, Cryptaulax convexa, Cryptaulax damboreneae, Cryptaulax echinata, Cryptaulax gratum, Cryptaulax inaequelineata, Cryptaulax kulickii, Cryptaulax mutabilis, Cryptaulax pelsae, Cryptaulax protortile, Cryptaulax quenstedti, Cryptaulax redelii, Cryptaulax rhabdocolpoides, Cryptaulax shiptonensis, Cryptaulax slatteri, Cryptaulax tilarniocensis, Cryptaulax tricuspis, Cryptaulax wawalensis

Type specimen: UMIP 22392. Its type locality is Manzanares section Man-3, which is in a Sinemurian reef, buildup or bioherm wackestone in the Condorsinga Formation of Peru.

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at Manzanares section Man-3

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