Thoristella Iredale 1915 (top snail)

Gastropoda - Trochoidea - Trochidae

Parent taxon: Trochinae according to A. G. Beu et al. 1990

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Alcyna, Calthalotia, Cantharidella, Cantharidini, Cantharidus, Clanculus, Discotectus, Eurytrochus, Fagnastesia, Infundibulum, Monodonta, Nanula, Notogibbula, Phasianotrochus, Plectotrochus, Pyramis, Tectus, Tosatrochus, Trochini, Diloma, Phorculus, Osilinus, Chlorodiloma, Austrocochlea, Timisia

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Miocene of New Zealand (2 collections)

• Eocene of New Zealand (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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