†Orecopia inopinata Mazaev 2019 (snail)
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Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Omphalotrochidae
Full reference: A. V. Mazaev. 2019. Lower Permian gastropods of Shakhtau (Asselian–Sakmarian boundary beds, southern Cisuralia). Paleontological Journal 53:1237-1345
Belongs to Orecopia according to A. V. Mazaev 2019
Sister taxa: Orecopia circinatus, Orecopia cotei, Orecopia kadzielniae, Orecopia mccoyi, Orecopia murrayi, Orecopia priscum
Type specimen: PIN 5538/7-40. Its type locality is Shakhtau open pit, sample 7, which is in an Asselian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in the Shakhtau Reef Formation of the Russian Federation.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Shakhtau open pit, sample 7
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