Eleutherospira steltenbergensis Heidelberger and Koch 2005 (snail)

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Euomphalidae

Alternative combination: Straparollus (Eleutherospira) steltenbergensis

Full reference: D. Heidelberger and L. Koch. 2005. Gastropoda from the Givetian “Massenkalk” of Schwelm and Hohenlimburg (Saureland, Rheinsiches Schiefergebirge, Germany). Geologica et Palaeontologica Sonderband 4:1-107

Belongs to Eleutherospira according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Heidelberger and Koch 2005

Sister taxa: Eleutherospira medfraensis, Eleutherospira sinistralis

Type specimen: WMfN.P.42913, a shell. Its type locality is "Steltenberg" Quarry, near Hohenlimburg, which is in a Givetian carbonate limestone in the Schwelm Formation of Germany.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at "Steltenberg" Quarry, near Hohenlimburg

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