Littorina schuttei Giebel 1856 (periwinkle)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Littorinidae

Full reference: C. G. Giebel. 1856. Die Versteinerungen in Muschelkalk von Lieskau bei Halle. Abhandlungen Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereines 1:53-126

Belongs to Littorina according to C. G. Giebel 1856

Sister taxa: Littorina (Littorina), Littorina (Melaraphe), Littorina alta, Littorina aspera, Littorina coccinea, Littorina kneri, Littorina mariana, Littorina neritoides, Littorina obtusata, Littorina pittsburgensis, Littorina remondii, Littorina saxatilis, Littorina scabra, Littorina sheaferi, Littorina sookensis, Littorina subobesa, Littorina tuberculostriata, Littorina undulata, Littorina unifasciata

Type specimen: Its type locality is Lieskau Quarry, Halle, which is in a Triassic shallow subtidal limestone in Germany

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at Lieskau Quarry, Halle

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