Orthonema tirusum Batten 1985 (snail)

Gastropoda - Caenogastropoda - Orthonematidae

Full reference: R. L. Batten. 1985. Gastropods and chitons from Perak, Malaysia. Part 3: the murchisoniids, cerithiids, loxonematids, and subulitids. American Museum Novitates 2829:1-40

Belongs to Orthonema according to R. L. Batten 1985

Sister taxa: Orthonema amissidecoris, Orthonema ascensus, Orthonema borovskensis, Orthonema carbonaria, Orthonema cerithioides, Orthonema cochleoides, Orthonema conspicuum, Orthonema cortum, Orthonema frequens, Orthonema hulusitaiensis, Orthonema illineatus, Orthonema inornatum, Orthonema knighti, Orthonema laluzense, Orthonema liratum, Orthonema marvinwelleri, Orthonema nakazawai, Orthonema nebrascense, Orthonema nonnullum, Orthonema paedice, Orthonema panxianensis, Orthonema paulum, Orthonema paxillus, Orthonema perspicuum, Orthonema pygmaeum, Orthonema rectimurum, Orthonema repandum, Orthonema salteri, Orthonema sayrei, Orthonema semiornatum, Orthonema silinae, Orthonema simplex, Orthonema socorroense, Orthonema striatonodosum, Orthonema strigatum, Orthonema subtaeniatum, Orthonema telescopiforme, Orthonema tricingulatum, Orthonema youngianum

Type specimen: AMNH 42827. 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

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

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