Purpuroidea applanata Kittl 1894 (periwinkle)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Purpurinidae

Full reference: E. Kittl. 1894. Die Gastropoden der Schichten von St. Cassian der südalpinen Trias. III. Theil. Annalen des Kaiserlich-Königlischen Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums 9:143-277

Belongs to Purpuroidea according to E. Kittl 1894

Sister taxa: Purpuroidea acatlana, Purpuroidea cerithiformis, Purpuroidea crassenodosa, Purpuroidea praecursor, Purpuroidea rugosa, Purpuroidea subcerithiformis

Type specimen: NHMW 1899/VI/109. Its type locality is Seelandalpe (Wiener Hofsmuseums coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Triassic of Hungary (1 collection), Italy (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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