Lophonema orientalia Yü 1961 (snail)

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Helicotomidae

Alternative combination: Ophiletina orientalia

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

Belongs to Lophonema according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Yü 1961

Sister taxa: Lophonema abrupta, Lophonema calphurnia, Lophonema circumlirata, Lophonema costata, Lophonema frydai, Lophonema peccatonica, Lophonema perstriata, Lophonema taneyensis, Lophonema tricarinata, Lophonema wuhuensis

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Lophonema orientalia in the database

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