Apachella brachysiphon Batten 1972 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Full reference: R. L. Batten. 1972. Permian gastropods and chitons from Perak, Malaysia. Part I. Chitons, bellerophontids, euomphalids and pleurotomarians. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 147:1-44

Belongs to Apachella according to R. L. Batten 1972

Sister taxa: Apachella alamillano, Apachella arizonensis, Apachella boydi, Apachella capertoni, Apachella exaggerata, Apachella franciscana, Apachella glabra, Apachella huecoensis, Apachella malaysia, Apachella mulensis, Apachella nodosa, Apachella noinskyi, Apachella nucleola, Apachella powwowensis, Apachella prodontia, Apachella pseudostrigillata, Apachella rugosa, Apachella sosiensis, Apachella texana, Apachella thailandensis, Apachella translirata, Apachella turbiniformis

Type specimen: AMNH 29051, a shell. Its type locality is H.S. Lee Mine No. 8, Kinta Valley near Kampar, which is in a Kungurian shallow subtidal limestone in the H.S. Lee Formation of Malaysia.

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 7.04

Distribution: found only at H.S. Lee Mine No. 8, Kinta Valley near Kampar

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