Omphalonema Grabau 1936 (snail)

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Oriostomatidae

Full reference: A. W. Grabau. 1936. Early Permian fossils of China, part 2, Fauna of the Maping Limestone of Kwangsi and Kweichos. Paleontologia Sinica, series B 8(4):1-320

Parent taxon: Oriostomatidae according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also HornĂ½ 1992, Knight et al. 1960 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Australonema, Beraunia, Cyclospongia, Didymalgia, Dohmella, Gemininodosa, Hecetastoma, Lineata, Morphotropis, Oriomphalus, Oriostoma, Tophicola, Tubogyra

Subtaxa: Omphalonema carbonaria

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Omphalonema in the database

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