Borestus granihumerosus Wang 1980 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae

Full reference: H. Wang. 1980. Taxonomic names, in Late Permian to Early Triassic gastropods from Western Guizhou Province. Late Permian Stratigraphy and Fossils in Western Guizhou and Eastern Yunnan 195-240

Belongs to Borestus according to H. Wang 1980

Sister taxa: Borestus costatus, Borestus heterospira, Borestus lunatus, Borestus magdalenensis, Borestus pagoda, Borestus planiapicata, Borestus procerus, Borestus rotundatus, Borestus similis, Borestus texanus, Borestus wrighti

Type specimen: Its type locality is Pujia AP-30, Zhijin County, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine siliciclastic in the Longtan Formation of China

Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Pujia AP-30, Zhijin County

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