†Lunatia klipsteini Müller 1851 (moon snail)
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Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Alternative combination: Natica klipsteini
Belongs to Lunatia according to J. Böhm 1891
Sister taxa: Lunatia chulucana, Lunatia climacodes, Lunatia hemicrypta, Lunatia leptostomata, Polinices (Lunatia) utoensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Gerhardtsreiter Graben, which is in a Maastrichtian carbonate marl in the Gerhardsreit Formation of Germany
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Gerhardtsreiter Graben
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