Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Purpurinidae
Alternative spelling: Purpurina (Angularia)
Full reference: E. Koken. 1892. Ueber die Gastropoden der rothen Schlernschichten nebst Bemerkungen über Verbreitung und Herkunft einiger triassicher Gattungen. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Palaeontologie 2(1):25-36
Parent taxon: Purpurinidae according to A. Nützel and D.H. Erwin 2004
See also Kittl 1894 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Cimoliocentrum, Leviathania, Microschiza, Moerckeia, Ochetochilus, Parangularia, Protofusus, Pseudoscalites, Purpurina, Purpuroidea, Tretospira, Werfenella
Subtaxa: Angularia (Aristerostrophia) Angularia loxonemoides Angularia rectecostata Angularia subpleurotomaria
Type: Angularia viridula
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (2 collections), Iran (1), Italy (8), United States (1: Idaho)
Total: 12 collections including 18 occurrences
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