Pellasimnia maxwelli Beu and Marshall 2011 (snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Ovulidae

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 Pellasimnia according to A. G. Beu and B. A. Marshall 2011

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is south side of Bridge Point, south of Kakanui, South Otago, which is in a Runangan marine volcaniclastic in the Waiareka Volcanic Formation of New Zealand

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at south side of Bridge Point, south of Kakanui, South Otago

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