Royalella heshanensis Pan and Erwin 2002

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Donaldinidae

Alternative combination: Donaldina heshanensis

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 Royalella according to K. Bandel 2002

See also Pan and Erwin 2002

Sister taxa: Royalella aufuga, Royalella eleganta, Royalella minuta, Royalella multicarinata, Royalella quadrolirata, Royalella streptaciformis, Royalella swallowiana

Type specimen: USNM 127693, a shell. Its type locality is Matan M40, Heshan, which is in a Changhsingian carbonate limestone in the Heshan Formation of China.

Distribution: found only at Matan M40, Heshan

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