Ptychomphalina banschangensis Reed 1944 (snail)

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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