Pseudopomatias zhuoi Yu et al. 2018 (snail)

Gastropoda - Architaenioglossa - Pupinidae

Alternative combination: Epitonium (Epitonium) zhuoi

Full reference: T. T. Yu, B. Wang, and E. Jarzembowski. 2018. First record of marine gastropods (wentletraps) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Palaeoworld 28:508-513

Belongs to Pseudopomatias according to T. A. Neubauer et al. 2019

See also Yu et al. 2018

Sister taxon: Pseudopomatias lyui

Type specimen: NIGP168832, a shell. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology: epifaunal

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection)

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