Gastropoda - Neritoidea - Naticopsidae

Full reference: H.-F. Yin and E. L. Yochelson. 1983. Middle Triassic Gastropoda from Qingyan, Guizhou Province, China: 2 - Trochacea and Neritacea. Journal of Paleontology 57(3):515-538

Belongs to Vernelia according to H.-F. Yin and E. L. Yochelson 1983

Sister taxa: Hologyra (Vernelia) dissimilis, Hologyra (Vernelia) vincta, Naticopsis (Vernelia) sublimneiformis, Vernelia crassilabellum, Vernelia fenestravella

Type specimen: GQ81067. Its type locality is Yinshanpo KC261, Qingyan, which is in a Pelsonian/Illyrian marine shale/marl in the Qingyan Formation of China.

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

Average measurements (in mm): shell width 7.60