Asinomphalus protoni Tassell 1982 (snail)

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Tychobraheidae

Alternative combination: Holopea protoni

Full reference: C. B. Tassell. 1982. Gastropods from the Early Devonian "Receptaculites" Limestone, Taemas, New South Wales. Records of the Queen Victoria Museum 77:1-59

Belongs to Asinomphalus according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Tassell 1982

Sister taxa: Asinomphalus antiqua, Asinomphalus kettneri, Asinomphalus ruzickai

Type specimen: ANU 35821. Its type locality is Receptaculites Limestone, Taemas, 20 kilometers southwest of Yass, which is in an Emsian marine limestone in the Taemas Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Receptaculites Limestone, Taemas, 20 kilometers southwest of Yass

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