Tongweispira sichuanensis Tong and Erwin 2001 (snail)

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Euomphalidae

Full reference: J. Tong and D.H. Erwin. 2001. Triassic gastropods of the southern Qinling Mountains, China. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 92:1-47

Belongs to Tongweispira according to J. Tong and D.H. Erwin 2001

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: USNM 485494. Its type locality is Saierlangshan Section, Bed 58-3, which is in an Anisian carbonate limestone in the Guojiashan Formation of China.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Saierlangshan Section, Bed 58-3

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