Ornatospira Pan 1982 (snail)

Gastropoda - Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae

Full reference: H. Z. Pan. 1982. Triassic marine fossil gastropods from SW China. Bulletin of the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Academia Sinica 4:153-188

Parent taxon: Pleurotomariidae according to H. Z. Pan 1982

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Austroworthenia, Bathrotomaria, Conotomaria, Cryptaenia, Entemnotrochus, Laevitomaria, Leptomaria, Mamoeatomaria, Mellarium, Mikadotrochus, Murihikua, Obornella, Perotrochus, Pleurotomaria, Pleurotomariinae, Pyrgotrochus, Rasatomaria, Tahua, Talantodiscus

Subtaxa: Ornatospira mirifira

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Type: Ornatospira mirifira

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Maantang ACG, Jiangyou County (Triassic of China)

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