Gastropoda - Caenogastropoda - Coelostylinidae
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 Omphaloptycha according to J. Tong and D.H. Erwin 2001
Sister taxa: Omphaloptycha aequalis, Omphaloptycha aldrovandii, Omphaloptycha alsatiorum, Omphaloptycha altenburgensis, Omphaloptycha angulata, Omphaloptycha angustaperta, Omphaloptycha bacchus, Omphaloptycha breislaki, Omphaloptycha burgbergensis, Omphaloptycha cacuana, Omphaloptycha carabusana, Omphaloptycha concavoconvexa, Omphaloptycha concinna, Omphaloptycha dezzoana, Omphaloptycha escheri, Omphaloptycha exornata, Omphaloptycha extensa, Omphaloptycha heeri, Omphaloptycha hormolira, Omphaloptycha humilis, Omphaloptycha inflata, Omphaloptycha irritata, Omphaloptycha jaworskii, Omphaloptycha jenksi, Omphaloptycha laticonvexa, Omphaloptycha lineata, Omphaloptycha ludwigi, Omphaloptycha maironii, Omphaloptycha marianii, Omphaloptycha nymphoides, Omphaloptycha obesa, Omphaloptycha pachygaster, Omphaloptycha peracuta, Omphaloptycha pinii, Omphaloptycha polyphemus, Omphaloptycha princeps, Omphaloptycha pupoidea, Omphaloptycha pupoides, Omphaloptycha quadricarinata, Omphaloptycha retracta, Omphaloptycha reyeri, Omphaloptycha rosthorni, Omphaloptycha scalaris, Omphaloptycha schmidti, Omphaloptycha shastensis, Omphaloptycha smithii, Omphaloptycha speciosa, Omphaloptycha subextensa, Omphaloptycha sulcellata, Omphaloptycha turris, Omphaloptycha zitteli
Type specimen: USNM 485643. 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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