Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Alternative combination: Pleurotomaria (Ptychomphalina) banschangensis
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 Ptychomphalina according to M. E. Clapham 2015
See also Reed 1944
Sister taxa: Ptychomphalina angulata, Ptychomphalina brondensis, Ptychomphalina cancellata, Ptychomphalina canovana, Ptychomphalina convivens, Ptychomphalina cuneoi, Ptychomphalina dickinsi, Ptychomphalina discoidea, Ptychomphalina fasciata, Ptychomphalina inexpectata, Ptychomphalina lucina, Ptychomphalina magna, Ptychomphalina moscardii, Ptychomphalina protei, Ptychomphalina regulata, Ptychomphalina regulosa, Ptychomphalina reticuloidea, Ptychomphalina sabattinii, Ptychomphalina taramellii, Ptychomphalina testis, Ptychomphalina tieni, Ptychomphalina toyomensis, Ptychomphalina trinchesil, Ptychomphalina turgentis, Ptychomphalina vesiculosa
Type specimen: GSI 17215, a shell. Its type locality is East of pt 2263, ESE of Chhidru, Bellerophon bed, Salt Range, which is in a Changhsingian marine horizon in the Chhidru Formation of Pakistan.
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at East of pt 2263, ESE of Chhidru, Bellerophon bed, Salt Range
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