†Zygites laevigatus Tong and Erwin 2001 (snail)
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Gastropoda - Pleurotomarioidea - Zygitidae
Full reference: J. Tong and D.H. Erwin. 2001. Triassic gastropods of the southern Qinling Mountains, China. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 92:1-47
Belongs to Zygites according to J. Tong and D.H. Erwin 2001
Sister taxa: Zygites delphinula, Zygites elegans, Zygites qingyanensis, Zygites rotundinodosus
Type specimen: USNM 485523. Its type locality is Guojiashan Section, Bed 20, which is in an Anisian carbonate limestone in the Guojiashan Formation of China.
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution: found only at Guojiashan Section, Bed 20
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