Helicotoma superba Koken 1897 (snail)

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Helicotomidae

Full reference: E. Koken. 1897. Die Gastropoden des baltischen Untersilurs. Bulletin de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersburg 7(2):97-214

Belongs to Helicotoma according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Koken 1897

Sister taxa: Helicotoma blodgetti, Helicotoma brocki, Helicotoma declivis, Helicotoma gorgonea, Helicotoma granosa, Helicotoma griffinorum, Helicotoma marginata, Helicotoma miser, Helicotoma missouriensis, Helicotoma oriens, Helicotoma planulata, Helicotoma planulatoides, Helicotoma proserpina, Helicotoma robinsoni, Helicotoma robusta, Helicotoma subquadrata, Helicotoma tennesseensis, Helicotoma tritonia, Helicotoma umbilicata, Helicotoma verticalis, Helicotoma whiteavesiana

Type specimen: Its type locality is Porkuni, Siuge Member, which is in a Porkuni perireef or subreef lime mudstone/chert in the Ärina Formation of Estonia

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Porkuni, Siuge Member

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