Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Sphingitidae
Alternative combination: Arcestes bronni
Full reference: E. von Mojsisovics. 1875. Das Gebirge um Hallstatt. Eine geologisch-paläontologische Studie aus den Alpen. 1 Teil, Die Mollusken-Faunen der Zlambach- und Hallstätter-Schichten. Abhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt 6(1):83-174
Belongs to Sphingites according to E. von Mojsisovics 1902
See also von Mojsisovics 1875
Sister taxa: Sphingites bacchus, Sphingites coangustatus, Sphingites favrei, Sphingites meriani, Sphingites meyeri, Sphingites pumilio, Sphingites stoppanii, Sphingites turcicus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Röthelstein, lower layer with Arcestes ellipticus, which is in a Julian carbonate limestone/limestone in the Halstatt Formation of Austria
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 30.0
Distribution: found only at Röthelstein, lower layer with Arcestes ellipticus
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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