Trochonema puchangshanensis Yü 1961 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Trochonematidae

Full reference: W. Yü. 1961. Ordovician gastropods from Kepin (Kelpin) district, southern Sinkiang. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 1(4):361-400

Belongs to Trochonema according to W. Yü 1961

Sister taxa: Trochonema altum, Trochonema attavum, Trochonema beachi, Trochonema bellulum, Trochonema beloitense, Trochonema biangulata, Trochonema cambodgensis, Trochonema canadensis, Trochonema coxi, Trochonema dispar, Trochonema eccentricum, Trochonema fragile, Trochonema galtensis, Trochonema liljevalli, Trochonema madisonense, Trochonema minnesotensis, Trochonema minus, Trochonema panderi, Trochonema peraltum, Trochonema puchangshaensis, Trochonema retrorsum, Trochonema rugosa, Trochonema schmidti, Trochonema shallochense, Trochonema subcrassum, Trochonema tricincta, Trochonema trochonemoides, Trochonema umbilicata, Trochonema vagrans, Trochonema valenticum, Trochonema vittatum, Trochonema wartheni, Trochonema wilsonae

Type specimen: Its type locality is Locality 499. northern Puchangshan, which is in a Darriwilian carbonate limestone in the Saergan Formation of China.

Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Locality 499. northern Puchangshan

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