Asgardaspira rectangularis Kobayashi 1959 (snail)

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Ophiletidae

Alternative combination: Lytospira rectangularis

Full reference: T. Kobayashi. 1959. On some Ordovician fossils from northern Malaya and her adjacence. Tokyo University, Faculty Science Journal Sec. 2 11(4):387-407

Belongs to Asgardaspira according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Kobayashi 1959

Sister taxa: Asgardaspira evolvens, Asgardaspira gerulus, Asgardaspira measuresae, Asgardaspira norvegica, Asgardaspira potteri, Asgardaspira yochelsoni

Type specimen: Its type locality is Kobayashi Locality 05. Thye San Mine, which is in a Fennian carbonate limestone in the Lower Setul Formation of Malaysia.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Kobayashi Locality 05. Thye San Mine

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