Bensbergia pulchra Fenton and Fenton 1924 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae

Alternative combination: Westernia pulchra

Full reference: C. L. Fenton and M. A. Fenton. 1924. The stratigraphy and fauna of the Hackberry stage of the Upper Devonian. Contributions from the Museum of Geology, the University of Michigan 1(1):1-260

Belongs to Bensbergia according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Fenton and Fenton 1924

Sister taxa: Bensbergia altivolvis, Bensbergia arculata, Bensbergia drozdzewski, Bensbergia elongata, Bensbergia fusoidalis, Bensbergia pengellii, Bensbergia schlotheimi, Bensbergia subcostata

Type specimen: Its type locality is Hackerberry Grove, south bank of Winnabago River, which is in a Frasnian carbonate carbonate in the Lime Creek Formation of Iowa

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Hackerberry Grove, south bank of Winnabago River

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