Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Sphingitidae

Alternative combination: Arcestes meriani

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 bronni, Sphingites coangustatus, Sphingites favrei, Sphingites meyeri, Sphingites pumilio, Sphingites stoppanii, Sphingites turcicus

Type specimen: GBA 1875/008/0009, a shell

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Röthelstein, lower layer with Arcestes ellipticus (Triassic of Austria)

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