Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Perissityidae
Full reference: W. P. Popenoe and L. R. Saul. 1987. Evolution and classification of the Late Cretaceous-Early Tertiary gastropod Perissitys. Contributions in Science 380:1-37
Belongs to Murphitys according to W. P. Popenoe and L. R. Saul 1987
Sister taxa: Murphitys corona, Murphitys michaeli
Type specimen: SDSNH 25958, a shell. Its type locality is SDNHM Loc. 3162-A - approximately 6.1 m below a calcareous marker bed, which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian marginal marine /sandstone in the Point Loma Formation of California.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Mexico (3 collections), United States (4: California)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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