Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Perissityidae
Full reference: W. P. Popenoe and L. R. Saul. 1987. Evolution and classification of the Late Cretaceous-Early Tertiary gastropod Perissitys. Contributions in Science 380:1-37
Belongs to Christitys according to W. P. Elder and L. R. Saul 1993
See also Popenoe and Saul 1987
Sister taxa: Christitys delta, Christitys medica
Type specimen: USNM 400975, a partial shell. Its type locality is Area 23: Whalers Creek, Chignik Lagoon, which is in a Campanian coastal sandstone in the Chignik Formation of Alaska.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (2: Alaska, California collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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