ammonites
Amaurotoma leavenworthana Hall 1856 (snail)

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 2011

Sister taxa: Amaurotoma humerosa, Amaurotoma kljasmensis, Amaurotoma knighti, Amaurotoma mjatschkovensis, 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