Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Cryptaulacidae
Full reference: A. Kaim. 2004. The evolution of conch ontogeny in Mesozoic open sea gastropods. Palaeontologia Polonica 62:1-183
Belongs to Cryptaulax according to A. Kaim 2004
Sister taxa: Cryptaulax abcisum, Cryptaulax armatum, Cryptaulax bittneri, Cryptaulax convexa, Cryptaulax damboreneae, Cryptaulax echinata, Cryptaulax gratum, Cryptaulax inaequelineata, Cryptaulax kulickii, Cryptaulax mutabilis, Cryptaulax protortile, Cryptaulax quenstedti, Cryptaulax redelii, Cryptaulax rhabdocolpoides, Cryptaulax shiptonensis, Cryptaulax slatteri, Cryptaulax tilarniocensis, Cryptaulax tricuspis, Cryptaulax variformatum
Type specimen: ZPAL Ga.9.95, a shell. Its type locality is Sample D2, Wạwał clay pit, which is in a Valanginian offshore claystone in Poland.
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Poland (13 collections)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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