Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Columbitidae
Alternative combination: Columbites europaeus
Full reference: G. Arthaber. 1908. Ueber die Entdeckung von Untertrias in Albanien und ihre faunistische Bewertung. Mitteilungen der Geologischen Gesellschaft in Wien 1:245-289
Belongs to Subcolumbites according to D. Germani 1997
See also Arthaber 1908, Bando and Shimoyama 1974, Kummel 1969, Renz and Renz 1948 and Spath 1934
Sister taxa: Subcolumbites chaohuensis, Subcolumbites chaoxianensis, Subcolumbites dusmani, Subcolumbites minutus, Subcolumbites perrinismithi, Subcolumbites robustus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Kcira, which is in a Spathian marine limestone in the Han-Bulog Formation of Albania
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 40.9
Distribution:
• Triassic of Albania (2 collections), Greece (3)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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