Orthostylus tenuissimus Klipstein 1843 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Spirostylidae

Alternative combination: Melania tenuissima

Full reference: A. Klipstein. 1843. Beschreibung neuer Versteinerungen von St. Cassian und einiger anderer Localitäten, Erster Abschnitt. Mollusken. Beiträge zur Geologischen Kenntniss der Östlichen Alpen 101-207

Belongs to Orthostylus according to E. Kittl 1894

See also Klipstein 1843

Sister taxa: Euthystylus angustus, Euthystylus balatonicus, Euthystylus costatus, Euthystylus dincae, Euthystylus hastile, Orthostylus strigillatus, Orthostylus badioticus, Orthostylus fuchsi

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Orthostylus tenuissimus in the database

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