Scalaetrochus sinensis Pan and Cook 2003 (snail)

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Pseudophoridae

Full reference: H.Z. Pan and A. G. Cook. 2003. Early Devonian gastropods from Zhusilenghaierhan region, Western Inner Mongolia, China. Journal of Paleontology 77(1):31-43

Belongs to Scalaetrochus according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Pan and Cook 2003

Sister taxa: Scalaetrochus fragosus, Scalaetrochus lindstroemi, Scalaetrochus stachei, Scalaetrochus subalatus, Scalaetrochus tectiformis, Scalaetrochus vilis

Type specimen: Its type locality is 20 km southeast of Ejina Qi, Badain Jaran Desert, which is in an Emsian carbonate limestone in the Zhusileng Formation of China

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at 20 km southeast of Ejina Qi, Badain Jaran Desert

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