Sisenna elegansa Pan 1977 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Rhaphistomellidae

Full reference: H. Z. Pan. 1977. Mesozoic and Cenozoic fossil Gastropoda from Yunnan. Mesozoic Fossils from Yunnan 2:83-152

Belongs to Sisenna according to H. Z. Pan 1977

Sister taxa: Pleurotomaria (Sisenna) euspira, Sisenna apsara, Sisenna canalis, Sisenna excelsiori, Sisenna hanwangensis, Sisenna inaequistriata, Sisenna infirma, Sisenna jingguensis, Sisenna ninglangensis, Sisenna novoguineana, Sisenna pinguis, Sisenna procera, Sisenna sandori, Sisenna subturrita, Sisenna turbinata, Sisenna turrita, Sisenna venusta, Sisenna xiangyunensis

Type specimen: NIGP 24164, a shell. Its type locality is Lj 223-19-1, near Suolaohe, Ninglang County, which is in a Norian marine horizon in the Songgui Formation of China.

Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Lj 223-19-1, near Suolaohe, Ninglang County

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