Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Cryptaulacidae
Full reference: O. Haas. 1953. Mesozoic invertebrate faunas of Peru. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 101:1-328
Belongs to Cryptaulax according to O. Haas 1953
Sister taxa: Cryptaulax abcisum, Cryptaulax armatum, Cryptaulax bittneri, Cryptaulax convexa, Cryptaulax damboreneae, Cryptaulax echinata, Cryptaulax gratum, Cryptaulax inaequelineata, Cryptaulax kulickii, Cryptaulax mutabilis, Cryptaulax protortile, Cryptaulax quenstedti, Cryptaulax redelii, Cryptaulax shiptonensis, Cryptaulax slatteri, Cryptaulax tilarniocensis, Cryptaulax tricuspis, Cryptaulax variformatum, Cryptaulax wawalensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Cerro de Pasco area, Huanca, loc26, which is in a Rhaetian marine limestone in Peru.
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Triassic of Peru (1 collection), United States (1: Idaho)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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