Ataphrus asiaticus Douvillé 1916 (snail)

Gastropoda - Trochoidea - Ataphridae

Full reference: H. Douvillé. 1916. Les terrains secondaires dans le massif du Moghara à l’Est de l’isthme de Suez. Mémoire de l’Académie des Sciences, Paris 54(2):1-184

Belongs to Ataphrus according to H. Douvillé 1916

Sister taxa: Ataphrus (Ataphrus), Ataphrus acmon, Ataphrus compactus, Ataphrus crassus, Ataphrus folcoi, Ataphrus howsei, Ataphrus labadyei, Ataphrus marschmidti, Ataphrus naricopsiformis, Ataphrus ovulatus, Ataphrus pembertoni, Ataphrus planulatus, Ataphrus wawalensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Gebel Aroussieh (Small Fossils), which is in a Bathonian marine horizon in Egypt

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at Gebel Aroussieh (Small Fossils)

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