Loxisonia zygopleuroides Batten 1985 (snail)

Gastropoda - Caenogastropoda - Orthonematidae

Alternative combination: Loxosonia zygopleuroides

Full reference: R. L. Batten. 1985. Gastropods and chitons from Perak, Malaysia. Part 3: the murchisoniids, cerithiids, loxonematids, and subulitids. American Museum Novitates 2829:1-40

Belongs to Loxisonia according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Batten 1985 and Frýda 2000

Sister taxon: Loxisonia hormotoma

Type specimen: Its type locality is H.S. Lee Mine No. 8, Kinta Valley near Kampar, which is in a Kungurian shallow subtidal limestone in the H.S. Lee Formation of Malaysia.

Ecology: epifaunal

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 3.77

Distribution: found only at H.S. Lee Mine No. 8, Kinta Valley near Kampar

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