Hessonia germana Heidelberger 2001 (snail)

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Nerrhenidae

Full reference: D. Heidelberger. 2001. Mitteldevonische (Givetische) Gastropoden (Mollusca) aus der Lahnmulde (suedliches Rheinisches Schiefergebirge). Geologische Abhandlungen Hessen 106:1-291

Belongs to Hessonia according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Heidelberger 2001

Sister taxa: Hessonia piligera, Hessonia priscus

Type specimen: HLfB 5416/1/2, a shell. Its type locality is Gastropods of the Lahn Basin Limestones: Hermannstein, which is in a Givetian marine limestone/reef rocks in Germany.

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal parasite-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Gastropods of the Lahn Basin Limestones: Hermannstein

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