Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
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
Parent taxon: Soleniscidae according to D. Heidelberger and L. Koch 2005
Sister taxa: Alaskacirrus, Bulimorpha, Decorochilina, Havlicekiela, Ianthinopsis, Ischnoptygminae, Labridens, Leptoptygma, Macrocheilus permicus, Macrochilininae, Nanochilina, Palaeocarboninia, Procerithiopsis, Prokopiconchinae, Scalitina, Soleniscinae, Soleniscus
Subtaxa: Bensbergia altivolvis Bensbergia arculata Bensbergia drozdzewski Bensbergia elongata Bensbergia fusoidalis Bensbergia pengellii Bensbergia pulchra Bensbergia schlotheimi Bensbergia subcostata
Type: Buccinites arculatus
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of Australia (5 collections), Canada (9: Manitoba, Northwest Territories), Germany (9), Poland (8), the United Kingdom (3), United States (5: Alaska, Idaho, Iowa, Michigan)
Total: 39 collections including 45 occurrences
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