Chrysallida auroraensis Ward and Blackwelder 1987 (snail)

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae

Full reference: L. W. Ward and B.W. Blackwelder. 1987. Late Pliocene and Early Pleistocene Mollusca from the James City and Chowan River Formations at Lee Creek Mine. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 61:113-283

Belongs to Chrysallida according to L. W. Ward and B.W. Blackwelder 1987

Sister taxa: Chrysallida (Parthenina), Chrysallida beaufortensis, Chrysallida cincta, Chrysallida communis, Chrysallida gemmulosa, Chrysallida lucca, Chrysallida pulcia, Chrysallida pupula, Chrysallida pygmaea, Chrysallida scelera, Chrysallida semireticulata, Odostomia (Chrysallida) diegensis, Odostomia (Chrysallida) elsiae, Odostomia (Chrysallida) melanoides, Odostomia (Chrysallida) sequoiana

Type specimen: USNM 204122

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Chrysallida auroraensis in the database

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