Trochotoma (Discotoma) gansuensis Tong and Erwin 2001 (snail)

Gastropoda - Pleurotomarioidea - Trochotomidae

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 Trochotoma (Discotoma) according to J. Tong and D.H. Erwin 2001

Sister taxa: Discotoma planoconvexa, Trochotoma (Discotoma) multipleura, Trochotoma (Discotoma) yunnanensis

Type specimen: USNM 485530. Its type locality is Guojiashan Section, Bed 20, which is in an Anisian carbonate limestone in the Guojiashan Formation of China.

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at Guojiashan Section, Bed 20

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