Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Cryptaulacidae
Alternative combination: Xystrella inaequelineata
Full reference: A. Nützel and B. Senowbari-Daryan. 1999. Gastropods from the Late Triassic (Norian-Rhaetian) Nayband Formation of central Iran. Beringeria 23:93-132
Belongs to Cryptaulax according to A. Nützel 2002
See also Nützel and Senowbari-Daryan 1999
Sister taxa: Cryptaulax abcisum, Cryptaulax armatum, Cryptaulax bittneri, Cryptaulax convexa, Cryptaulax damboreneae, Cryptaulax echinata, Cryptaulax gratum, Cryptaulax kulickii, Cryptaulax mutabilis, Cryptaulax protortile, Cryptaulax quenstedti, Cryptaulax redelii, Cryptaulax rhabdocolpoides, Cryptaulax shiptonensis, Cryptaulax slatteri, Cryptaulax tilarniocensis, Cryptaulax tricuspis, Cryptaulax variformatum, Cryptaulax wawalensis
Type specimen: BSP 1998VII 45, a shell. Its type locality is Ali-Abad reefs, Tabas area, which is in a Sevatian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in the Nayband Formation of Iran.
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Triassic of Iran (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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