Polytropis spiralis Dietz 1911 (snail)

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Euomphalidae

Full reference: E. Dietz. 1911. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der deutschen Zechsteinschnecken. Jahrbuch der Königlich Preussischen geologischen Landesanstalt zu Berlin 30:444-506

Belongs to Polytropis according to E. Dietz 1911

Sister taxa: Poleumita alatum, Poleumita anabarica, Poleumita crenulata, Poleumita discors, Poleumita gyrans, Poleumita haliburtoni, Poleumita hudsonica, Poleumita incarinatus, Poleumita mashkovae, Poleumita myeri, Poleumita octavia, Poleumita prosseri, Poleumita rugosa, Poleumita scamnata, Poleumita semiplanus, Poleumita subsulcatus, Poleumita vernonensis, Poleumita walmstedti, Polytropis lauterbergensis, Polytropis durhamensis, Polytropis apicespiralis, Polytropis wetterawiensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Dornaer Weg, Zone V, which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate limestone in the Zechstein Formation of Germany

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Dornaer Weg, Zone V

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