ammonites
Euryzone planiformis Heidelberger 2001 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

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

Belongs to Euryzone according to P. J. Wagner 2011

Sister taxa: Euryzone arata, Euryzone basalestriatus, Euryzone burdekininesis, Euryzone calva, Euryzone clausa, Euryzone deformata, Euryzone delphinuloides, Euryzone hullensis, Euryzone intermedia, Euryzone itys, Euryzone kayseri, Euryzone kielcensis, Euryzone laevis, Euryzone latevittata, Euryzone latitornata, Euryzone naticaeformis, Euryzone patula, Euryzone pharkidopyndax, Euryzone semilaevis, Euryzone sublaevis, Euryzone tenuispira, Pleurotomaria (Euryzone) comatula, Pleurotomaria (Euryzone) subterfiss

Type specimen: Its type locality is Am Wachtberg Quarry, Sötenich (= Soetnich or Soetenich, Gerolstein), Eifel Mountains (Sötenicher Mulde, Nordeifel, MTB Mechernich, R 2540 000 / H 5598 7000), which is in a Givetian carbonate limestone/reef rocks in the Cürten Formation of Germany.

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder