Rhabdostropha leijiatunensis Xi and Yu 1990 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae

Alternative combination: Girvania leijiatunensis

Full reference: Y.-h. Xi and W. Yu. 1990. New materials of Silurian gastropods from SW. China. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 29(5):620-629

Belongs to Rhabdostropha according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Xi and Yu 1990

Sister taxa: Rhabdostropha cancellata, Rhabdostropha grindrodii, Rhabdostropha latisinuata, Rhabdostropha minuta, Rhabdostropha obscura, Rhabdostropha primitiva, Rhabdostropha quinquecincta, Rhabdostropha stokei

Type specimen: Its type locality is Leijiatun, which is in a Telychian carbonate mudstone in the Xiushan Formation of China

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Leijiatun

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