Streptacis orientalis Nützel and Nakazawa 2012 (snail)

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Streptacididae

Full reference: A. Nützel and K. Nakazawa. 2012. Taxonomic names, in Permian (Capitanian) gastropods from the Akasaka Limestone (Gifu Prefecture, Japan). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 10:103-169

Belongs to Streptacis according to A. Nützel and K. Nakazawa 2012

Sister taxa: Streptacis complanata, Streptacis fragilis, Streptacis inflata, Streptacis ingens, Streptacis khaokhadensis, Streptacis meeki, Streptacis nalivkini, Streptacis permiana, Streptacis piercei, Streptacis pravis, Streptacis regularis, Streptacis scalpta, Streptacis subgracilis, Streptacis volgenesis, Streptacis whitfieldi

Type specimen: AMF-KG-243. Its type locality is Ichihashi Quarry, Kinshozan, Akasaka, which is in a Capitanian shallow subtidal packstone in the Akasaka Formation of Japan.

Ecology: epifaunal

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 1.17

Distribution: found only at Ichihashi Quarry, Kinshozan, Akasaka

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