Gastropoda - Neritoidea - Naticopsidae
Full reference: W. J. Foster, D. J. Lehrmann, J. A. Hirtz, M. White, M. Yu, J. Li, and R. C. Martindale. 2019. Early Triassic benthic invertebrates from the Great Bank of Guizhou, South China: systematic palaeontology and palaeobiology. Papers in Palaeontology 5:613-656
Belongs to Vernelia according to W. J. Foster et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Hologyra (Vernelia) dissimilis, Hologyra (Vernelia) vincta, Naticopsis (Vernelia) sublimneiformis, Vernelia crassilabellum, Vernelia fenestravella, Vernelia subimpressa
Type specimen: NPL87059, a shell
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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