Margarella (Promargarita) trochoides Kiel and Bandel 2004 (top snail)

Gastropoda - Trochoidea - Trochidae

Full reference: S. Kiel and K. Bandel. 2004. The Cenomanian Gastropoda of the Kassenberg quarry in Mülheim (Germany, Late Cretaceous). Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 78(1):103-126

Belongs to Margarella (Promargarita) according to S. Kiel and K. Bandel 2004

Sister taxon: Margarella (Promargarita) spiraloides

Type specimen: Its type locality is Steinbruch Rauen, Kassenberg Quarry, Mülheim/Ruhr, which is in a Cenomanian shallow subtidal limestone in Germany

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at Steinbruch Rauen, Kassenberg Quarry, Mülheim/Ruhr

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