Gastropoda - Vanikoroidea - Aclididae
Full reference: J. A. Grant-Mackie and M. Chapman-Smith. 1971. Paleontological notes on the Castlecliffian Te Piki Bed, with descriptions of new Molluscan taxa. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 14(4):655-704
Belongs to Austrorissopsis according to J. A. Grant-Mackie and M. Chapman-Smith 1971
Sister taxa: Austrorissopsis castlecliffensis, Austrorissopsis fricta
Type specimen: G5885, a shell. Its type locality is N62/f589 Te Piki, Cape Runaway, which is in a Castlecliffian coastal mudstone in the Waipaoa Formation of New Zealand.
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of New Zealand (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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