Platychilina sinensis Tong and Erwin 2001 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neritoina - Delphinulopsidae

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 Platychilina according to J. Tong and D.H. Erwin 2001

Sister taxa: Platychilina cainalloi, Platychilina germanica, Platychilina obliqua, Platychilina pustulosa, Platychilina singularis, Platychilina tuberculata

Type specimen: USNM 485611. Its type locality is Guojiashan Section, Bed 20, which is in an Anisian carbonate limestone in the Guojiashan Formation of China.

Ecology: epifaunal

Distribution: found only at Guojiashan Section, Bed 20

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