Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Perissityidae
Full reference: L. R. Saul. 1988. New Late Cretaceous and Early Tertiary Perissityidae (Gastropoda) from the Pacific Slope of North America. Contributions in Science, Los Angeles County Museum 400:1-25
Belongs to Nekewis according to L. R. Saul 1988
Sister taxa: Nekewis io, Nekewis nehalemensis, Nekewis scowensis, Nekewis seidersi, Nekewis simiensis
Type specimen: LACMIP 7591, a shell. Its type locality is UCLA loc. 7149, San Antonio del Mar, which is in a Maastrichtian coastal siliciclastic in the Rosario Formation of Mexico.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Mexico (1 collection), United States (2: California)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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