Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Purpurinidae
Full reference: J. P. Smith. 1927. Upper Triassic marine invertebrate faunas of North America. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 141:1-262
Belongs to Purpurina according to J. P. Smith 1927
Sister taxa: Purpurina (Globipurpurina), Purpurina (Pseudalaria), Purpurina (Purpurina), Purpurina concava, Purpurina coronata, Purpurina elaborata, Purpurina formosa, Purpurina pleurotomaria, Purpurina scalaris, Purpurina sowerbyi, Purpurina subcerithiformis, Purpurina subpleurotomaria, Purpurina vaceki
Type specimen: Its type locality is USGS 9536, Fivemile Cove, Gravina Island , which is in a Lacian carbonate limestone in the Nehenta Formation of Alaska
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Triassic of United States (2: Alaska collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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