Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Microdomatidae
Alternative combinations: Cyclonema leavenworthana, Pleurotomaria leavenworthana, Yunnania leavenworthana
Full reference: J. Hall. 1856. Description of new species of fossils from the Carboniferous limestones of Indiana and Illinois. Transactions of the Albany Institute 4:1-36
Belongs to Amaurotoma according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Cummings and Beede 1906, Hall 1856, Hall 1883, Knight 1933, Knight and Bridge 1944, Thompson 1970, Whitfield 1882 and Yochelson and Saunders 1967
Sister taxa: Amaurotoma kizilkiensis, Amaurotoma kljasmensis, Amaurotoma knighti, Amaurotoma mjatschkovensis, Amaurotoma multispirata, Amaurotoma subangulatum, Amaurotoma subhumerosum, Amaurotoma subsinuata, Amaurotoma zappa
Type specimen: Its type locality is Spergen Hill, near railroad station at Harristown, southeast of Salem, which is in a Meramecian carbonate limestone in the Salem Formation of Indiana
Ecology: stationary epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (5: Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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