Gastropoda - Neritoidea - Neritidae
Full reference: T. J. Devries. 2019. Early Paleogene brackish-water molluscs from the Caballas Formation of the East Pisco Basin (Southern Peru). Journal of Natural History 53(25-26):1533-1584
Belongs to Nerita according to T. J. Devries 2019
Sister taxa: Nerita (Amphinerita), Nerita (Bajanerita), Nerita (Chingua), Nerita (Linnerita), Nerita (Nerita), Nerita (Ritena), Nerita (Theliostyla), Nerita (Trochonerita), Nerita atramentosa, Nerita balteata, Nerita beali, Nerita biangulata, Nerita compacta, Nerita conoidea, Nerita cooki, Nerita costata, Nerita decorata, Nerita deformis, Nerita filosa, Nerita globosa, Nerita granulosa, Nerita hadra, Nerita helicina, Nerita klipsteini, Nerita listrota, Nerita malheiroi, Nerita mammaria, Nerita multigranosa, Nerita munita, Nerita oligopleura, Nerita ornata, Nerita ornata, Nerita orovillensis, Nerita oviformis, Nerita palaeomorpha, Nerita planospira, Nerita pulligera, Nerita reticulirata, Nerita rumphi, Nerita salsa, Nerita semilevis, Nerita squamulata, Nerita subgranulosa, Nerita tessellata, Nerita tricarinata, Nerita undata, Nerita versicolor, Nerita violacea, Nerita vokesi
Type specimen: UWBM 107577, a shell. Its type locality is UWBM B8771, which is in a Ypresian coastal horizon in the Caballas Formation of Peru.
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution: found only at UWBM B8771
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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