Trachyspira eleganta Ketwetsuriya et al. 2020 (snail)

Gastropoda - Cycloneritida - Trachyspiridae

Full reference: C. Ketwetsuriya, B. Karapunar, T. Charoentitirat and A. Nützel. 2020. Middle Permian (Roadian) gastropods from the Khao Khad Formation, central Thailand: Implications for palaeogeography of the Indochina Terrane. Zootaxa 4766:1-47

Belongs to Trachyspira according to C. Ketwetsuriya et al. 2020

Sister taxa: Trachyspira canaliculata, Trachyspira conica, Trachyspira delphinuloides, Trachyspira heshanensis, Trachyspira magna, Trachyspira obliquinodula, Trachyspira pygmaeus, Trachyspira quangxiensis, Trachyspira sturi

Type specimen: ESKU-19-LP 28, a shell. Its type locality is Erawan Hill, which is in a Roadian carbonate packstone in the Khao Khad Formation of Thailand.

Ecology: epifaunal

Distribution: found only at Erawan Hill

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