Gastropoda - Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae
Full reference: A. Kaim. 2004. The evolution of conch ontogeny in Mesozoic open sea gastropods. Palaeontologia Polonica 62:1-183
Belongs to Pseudomelania according to A. Kaim 2004
Sister taxa: Pseudomelania (Oonia), Pseudomelania (Rhabdoconcha), Pseudomelania aonis, Pseudomelania colusaensis, Pseudomelania feruglioi, Pseudomelania frankei, Pseudomelania gaudryi, Pseudomelania goniophana, Pseudomelania hagenowi, Pseudomelania miles, Pseudomelania muensteri, Pseudomelania salenasensis, Pseudomelania subsimilis, Pseudomelania subterebra, Pseudomelania subula, Pseudomelania trochiformis
Type specimen: ZPAL Ga.9/21, a shell. Its type locality is Sample L1, Wạwał clay pit, which is in a Valanginian offshore claystone in Poland.
Ecology: epifaunal
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Poland (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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