Lufengospira pyriformis Yu and Xi 1977 (snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Bithyniidae

Full reference: W. Yu and Y. H. Xi. 1977. Taxonomic names, in Mesozoic and Cenozoic fossil Gastropoda from Yunnan. Mesozoic Fossils from Yunnan 2

Belongs to Lufengospira according to W. Yu and Y. H. Xi 1977

Sister taxa: Lufengospira obsoleta, Lufengospira tulotomoides, Lufengospira yonglingensis, Lufengospira yunnanensis

Type specimen: NIGP 24286, a shell. Its type locality is YH 5254, Shawan, Lufeng County, which is in a Bajocian/Bathonian fluvial-lacustrine horizon in the Upper Lufeng Formation of China.

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at YH 5254, Shawan, Lufeng County

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