Leptomaria somhegyensis Szabo 1980 (snail)

Gastropoda - Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae

Full reference: J. Szabo. 1980. Lower and Middle Jurassic Gastropods from the Bakony Mountains (Hungary). Part II. Pleurotomariacea and Fissurellacea (Archaeograstropoda). Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici 72:49-71

Belongs to Leptomaria according to J. Szabo 1980

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Somhegy, Somhegypuszta [Hierlatz Limestone], which is in a Humphresianum/Parkinsoni marine limestone in the Hierlatz Limestone Formation of Hungary

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): diameter 21.5

Distribution: found only at Somhegy, Somhegypuszta [Hierlatz Limestone]

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