Bensbergia schlotheimi d’Archiac and de Verneuil 1842 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae

Alternative combinations: Buccinum schlotheimi, Macrochilina schlotheimi

Full reference: E. J. A. d’Archiac and E.P. de Verneuil. 1842. On the fossils of the older deposits in the Rhenish Provinces, preceded by a general survey of the fauna of the Palaeozoic rocks, and followed by a tabular list of the organic remains of the Devonian system in Europe. Transactions of the Geological Society of London, Series 2 6(3):303-410

Belongs to Bensbergia according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also d’Archiac and de Verneuil 1842, Heidelberger 2001 and Heidelberger and Koch 2005

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

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Devonian of Germany (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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