Strophostylus fortuitus Mazaev 2019 (snail)

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae

Full reference: A. V. Mazaev. 2019. Lower Permian gastropods of Shakhtau (Asselian–Sakmarian boundary beds, southern Cisuralia). Paleontological Journal 53:1237-1345

Belongs to Strophostylus according to A. V. Mazaev 2019

Sister taxa: Strophostylus andrewsi, Strophostylus bivolve, Strophostylus cancellata, Strophostylus chesterensis, Strophostylus cyclostomus, Strophostylus elegans, Strophostylus elevatus, Strophostylus fitchi, Strophostylus girtyi, Strophostylus globosus, Strophostylus matheri, Strophostylus nevadensis, Strophostylus obtusus, Strophostylus sargalensis, Strophostylus tantillus, Strophostylus transversus, Strophostylus unica, Strophostylus wortheni

Type specimen: PIN 5538/7-1, a shell. 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: passively mobile epifaunal coprophage

Distribution: found only at Shakhtau open pit, sample 7

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