Leptomaria takahashii Harasewych and Kiel 2007 (snail)

Gastropoda - Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae

Full reference: M. G. Harasewych and S. Kiel. 2007. Upper Jurassic Pleurotomariidae (Gastropoda) from southwestern Madagascar. The Nautilus 121(2):76-89

Belongs to Leptomaria according to M. G. Harasewych and S. Kiel 2007

Sister taxa: Leptomaria asurai, Leptomaria daityai, Leptomaria fasciata, Leptomaria magneti, Leptomaria punctata, Leptomaria somhegyensis, Leptomaria sublevis, Leptomaria tardita, Pleurotomaria (Leptomaria) austinensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Sakaraha, which is in an Oxfordian carbonate limestone in Madagascar

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Sakaraha

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