Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Full reference: P. A. Maxwell. 2003. The Volutid genera Athleta and Lyria (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the New Zealand Cenozoic. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 33(1):363-394
Belongs to Athleta according to P. A. Maxwell 2003
Sister taxa: Athleta (Athleta), Athleta (Neoathleta), Athleta (Ternivoluta), Athleta (Volutocorbis), Athleta (Volutopupa), Athleta (Volutospina), Athleta clayi, Athleta daviesi, Athleta ficulina, Athleta haleanus, Athleta laevgigata, Athleta lata, Athleta lisbonensis, Athleta lugardi, Athleta mimica, Athleta necopinata, Athleta petrosa, Athleta pygmaea, Athleta rarispina, Athleta roddai, Athleta sayanus, Athleta symmetricus, Athleta taikoensis, Athleta wynnei
Type specimen: TM 8243, a shell. Its type locality is Left bank 10-30m upstream to 5-15m downstream from Evans Crossing, Pareora River, which is in a Bortonian deep-water sandstone/siltstone in the Waihao Greensand Formation of New Zealand.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Left bank 10-30m upstream to 5-15m downstream from Evans Crossing, Pareora River
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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