Cryptaulax tilarniocensis Haas 1953 (snail)

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 rhabdocolpoides, Cryptaulax shiptonensis, Cryptaulax slatteri, Cryptaulax tricuspis, Cryptaulax variformatum, Cryptaulax wawalensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Tilacnioc, loc48, which is in a Rhaetian marine limestone in Peru.

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at Tilacnioc, loc. 48

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