Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Full reference: H. J. Finlay and J. Marwick. 1937. The Wangaloan and associated molluscan faunas of Kaitangata-Green Island subdivision. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontology Bulletin 15
Parent taxon: Aporrhaidae according to K. Bandel 2007
Sister taxa: Anchura, Anchurinae, Antarctohoges, Aporrhainae, Araeodactylus, Arrhoginae, Checchiaia, Chenopus, Cultrigera, Diarthema, Dimorphosominae, Disoketa, Drepanochilus, Goniocheila, Harpagodinae, Kangilioptera, Perissopterinae, Peruchilus, Protohemichenopus, Pterocerellinae, Pugnellinae, Spinigerinae, Spinigeropsis, Spinilomatinae, Strombites, Strombopugnellus, Struthiopterinae, Teneposita, Tibiaporrhais, Toarctocera, Trilemma
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at Boulder Hill near Dunedin (Paleocene of New Zealand)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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