Polygyrina zhongzhaiensis He et al. 2008 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Zygopleuridae

Full reference: W. H. He, G. R. Shi, Y. Q. Gao, Y. Q. Peng, and Y. Zhang. 2008. A new Early Triassic microgastropod fauna from the Zhongzhai section, Guizhou, southwestern China. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 120:157-166

Belongs to Polygyrina according to W. H. He et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Loxonema (Polygyrina) lommeli, Polygyrina depressa, Polygyrina lommeli, Polygyrina peracuta, Polygyrina sichuanensis, Polygyrina sichuanensis, Polygyrina subtilostriata, Polygyrina venusta

Type specimen: ZHZ-18-38. Its type locality is Zhongzai Section, Bed 18, Liuzhi County, which is in a Griesbachian marine mudstone in the Yelang Formation of China.

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Zhongzai Section, Bed 18, Liuzhi County

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