Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Full reference: A. G. Beu and B. A. Marshall. 2011. New Cenozoic records of genera and families from New Zealand (Mollusca, Gastropoda): highlights from Phillip Maxwell’s collection. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 54(1):13-34
Belongs to Maxwellinatica according to A. G. Beu and B. A. Marshall 2011
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: NMNZ M.281938, a shell. Its type locality is Elephant Hill Stream, first outcrop behind pine tree on left bank c. 200 m upstr, which is in an Altonian carbonate mudstone in the Mount Harris Formation of New Zealand.
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Elephant Hill Stream, first outcrop behind pine tree on left bank c. 200 m upstr
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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