Perakella batteni Mazaev 2019 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae

Full reference: A. V. Mazaev. 2019. A new genus Perakella gen. nov. (Gastropoda) from the Lower Permian reef limestone of Shakh-Tau. Paleontological Journal 53:341-345

Belongs to Perakella according to A. V. Mazaev 2019

Sister taxon: Perakella shakhtauensis

Type specimen: AMNH 29069, a shell. Its type locality is Hambast Valley section MK, horizon K30, Abadeh, which is in a Roadian carbonate limestone in the Surmaq Formation of Iran.

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 17.5

Distribution: found only at H.S. Lee Mine No. 8, Kinta Valley near Kampar

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