Orthostylus badioticus Kittl 1894 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Spirostylidae

Full reference: E. Kittl. 1894. Die Gastropoden der Schichten von St. Cassian der südalpinen Trias. III. Theil. Annalen des Kaiserlich-Königlischen Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums 9:143-277

Belongs to Orthostylus according to E. Kittl 1894

Sister taxa: Euthystylus angustus, Euthystylus balatonicus, Euthystylus costatus, Euthystylus hastile, Orthostylus strigillatus, Orthostylus tenuissimus, Orthostylus fuchsi

Type specimen: NHMW 1899/V/551. Its type locality is St. Cassian (Wiener Hofsmuseums coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at St. Cassian (Wiener Hofsmuseums coll)

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