Auriptygma khairliense Reed 1944 (snail)

Gastropoda - Caenogastropoda - Meekospiridae

Full reference: F. R. C. Reed. 1944. Brachiopoda and Mollusca from the Productus limestones of the Salt Range. Palaeontogica Indica, Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India, New Series 23(2):1-596

Belongs to Auriptygma according to F. R. C. Reed 1944

Sister taxa: Auriptygma bulimina, Auriptygma dunkeri, Auriptygma fenestrata, Auriptygma fortior, Auriptygma minuta

Type specimen: GSI 17219, a shell. Its type locality is Near spring 0.5 miles N of Khairli, K28.920-925, Salt Range, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine horizon in the Chhidru Formation of Pakistan.

Ecology: epifaunal

Distribution: found only at Near spring 0.5 miles N of Khairli, K28.920-925, Salt Range

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