Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae

Alternative combination: Austrosassia zealta

Full reference: C. R. Laws. 1939. The molluscan faunule at Pakaurangi Point, Kaipara - No. 1. Transactions and Proceedings of the royal Society of New Zealand 68(4):466-503

Belongs to Sassia (Sassia) according to A. G. Beu et al. 1990

See also Laws 1939

Sister taxa: Sassia (Sassia) marshalli, Sassia (Sassia) neozelanica, Eutritonium (Monocirsus) namnetense

Type specimen: Its type locality is Pakaurangi Point, Kaipara Harbour, which is in an Otaian coastal sandstone in the Pakaurangi Formation of New Zealand

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Pakaurangi Point, Kaipara Harbour

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