Modestospira squamosa Yü 1961 (snail)

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Sinuitidae

Alternative combination: Bucanella squamosa

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

Belongs to Modestospira according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Yü 1961

Sister taxa: Modestospira kochiriensis, Modestospira lamellosa, Modestospira llanvirnensis, Modestospira perturbatus, Modestospira poulseni

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Field No. SKK 218. Subashigoukou, 10 miles northwest of Kalpin, western Tarim ( of China)

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