Purpurina (Eucycloidea) orientalis Pan 1977 (snail)

Gastropoda - Seguenzioidea - Eucyclidae

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

Belongs to Purpurina (Eucycloidea) according to H. Z. Pan 1977

Sister taxa: Eucycloidea madagascariensis, Eucycloidea tenuistria

Type specimen: NIGP 24265, a shell. Its type locality is YHW239, Fengdeng, Changxin, Yunlong County, which is in a Bajocian/Bathonian marine horizon in the Hepingxiang Formation of China.

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at YHW239, Fengdeng, Changxin, Yunlong County

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