Gastropoda - Cerithimorpha - Orthonemidae
Alternative combination: Paleostylus pseudozyga
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 Palaeostylus according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Batten 1985
Sister taxa: Palaeostylus (Palaeostylus), Palaeostylus acuminatus, Palaeostylus attenuatus, Palaeostylus bipartitus, Palaeostylus confragosus, Palaeostylus cylindrata, Palaeostylus delpeyae, Palaeostylus dongluoensis, Palaeostylus dussaulti, Palaeostylus fusuiensis, Palaeostylus giganticus, Palaeostylus guangxiensis, Palaeostylus irregularis, Palaeostylus lateapicatus, Palaeostylus minutus, Palaeostylus nervosus, Palaeostylus obliquicostatus, Palaeostylus planoverticum, Palaeostylus puperoides, Palaeostylus pupoides, Paleostylus krasnovidovoensis, Paleostylus krotovi, Paleostylus kukarkensis, Paleostylus stuckenbergi, Spiromphalus pervius
Type specimen: AMNH 42840. 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
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 3.74
Distribution: found only at H.S. Lee Mine No. 8, Kinta Valley near Kampar
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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