†Lunatia leptostomata Riedel 1933 (moon snail)
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Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Full reference: L. Riedel. 1933. Die Oberkreide vom Mungofluà in Kamerun und ihre Fauna. Beiträge zur Geologischen Erforschung der Deutschen Schutzgebiete 16:1-154
Belongs to Lunatia according to L. Riedel 1933
Sister taxa: Lunatia chulucana, Lunatia climacodes, Lunatia hemicrypta, Lunatia klipsteini, Polinices (Lunatia) utoensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Near Bombe, Mungo River, which is in a Coniacian carbonate limestone in the Mungo River Formation of Cameroon
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Near Bombe, Mungo River
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