Girtyspira delicata Pan and Erwin 2002 (snail)

Gastropoda - Caenogastropoda - Meekospiridae

Full reference: H. -Z. Pan and D. H. Erwin. 2002. Gastropods from the Permian of Guangxi and Yunnan Provinces, South China. Journal of Paleontology Memoir 56:1-49

Belongs to Girtyspira according to H. -Z. Pan and D. H. Erwin 2002

Sister taxa: Girtyspira alvaensis, Girtyspira canaliculata, Girtyspira fusiformis, Girtyspira germanica, Girtyspira inflata, Girtyspira lineata, Girtyspira mediocris, Girtyspira micra, Girtyspira microspirula, Girtyspira minuta, Girtyspira oblonga, Girtyspira pygmaea, Girtyspira yodai

Type specimen: USNM 127686, a shell. Its type locality is Matan M40, Heshan, which is in a Changhsingian carbonate limestone in the Heshan Formation of China.

Ecology: epifaunal

Distribution: found only at Matan M40, Heshan

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