Soetenichia wachtbergensis Heidelberger 2007 (snail)

Gastropoda - Cyrtoneritida - Vltaviellidae

Full reference: D. Heidelberger. 2007. Neue Erkenntnisse zu mikromorphen Gastropoden aus Sötenich (Givetium, Mittle-Devon). Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 81(3):229-237

Belongs to Soetenichia according to D. Heidelberger 2007

Sister taxon: Soetenichia girzenbergense

Type specimen: SMF XII 3483, a shell. Its type locality is Am Wachtberg Quarry, Sötenich (= Soetnich or Soetenich, Gerolstein), Eifel Mountains. (Sötenicher Mulde, Nordeifel, MTB Mechernich, R 2540 000 / H 5598 7000), which is in a Givetian carbonate limestone/reef rocks in the Cürten Formation of Germany.

Ecology: epifaunal

Distribution: found only at Am Wachtberg Quarry, Sötenich (= Soetnich or Soetenich, Gerolstein), Eifel Mountains. (Sötenicher Mulde, Nordeifel, MTB Mechernich, R 2540 000 / H 5598 7000)

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