Purpurina scalaris Münster 1841 (periwinkle)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Purpurinidae

Alternative combination: Turbo scalaris

Full reference: G. Münster. 1841. Beiträge zur Geognosie und Petrefacten-Kunde des südöstlichen Tirols vorzüglich der Schichten von St. Cassian. II. Beschreibung und Abbildung der in den Kalkmergelschichten von St. Cassian gefunden Versteinerungen. Beiträge zur Petrefacten-Kunde 4:25-152

Belongs to Purpurina according to E. Kittl 1892

See also Münster 1841

Sister taxa: Purpurina (Globipurpurina), Purpurina (Pseudalaria), Purpurina (Purpurina), Purpurina concava, Purpurina coronata, Purpurina elaborata, Purpurina formosa, Purpurina gravinaensis, Purpurina pleurotomaria, Purpurina sowerbyi, Purpurina subcerithiformis, Purpurina subpleurotomaria, Purpurina vaceki

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at St. Cassian (Munster coll) (Triassic of Italy)

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