Dzikella Kaim, 2004

Hansen, Thomas, 2019, Gastropods from the Cretaceous-Palaeogene boundary in Denmark, Zootaxa 4654 (1), pp. 1-196 : 90

Genus Dzikella Kaim, 2004

Type species. Dzikella trammeri Kaim, 2004 (type by original designation). Early Cretaceous , Poland .

Remarks. Kiel (2006: p. 459) noted a close resemblance between this genus and Metacerithium treated above and suggested that they are if not congeneric then at least closely related. The taxon described below shows similarities to both genera, but is tentatively assigned Dzikella based on its close resemblance to D. chuzikensis Kaim, Beisel & Kurushin, 2004 . The fragmentary nature of the new material, though, does not allow for a better understanding of the phylogenetic relationship between the two genera, and the status of Dzikella as a distinct genus or junior subjective synonym of Metacerithium can thus not be solved here.