Straparollus (Leptomphalus) besselensis Dickins 1963 (snail)

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Euomphalidae

Full reference: J. M. Dickins. 1963. Permian pelecypods and gastropods from western Australia. Bulletin of the Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics 63:1-203

Belongs to Straparollus (Leptomphalus) according to J. M. Dickins 1963

Sister taxa: Leptomphalus disomphalus, Leptomphalus pusillus, Leptomphalus rennstiegensis, Leptomphalus subcircularis, Straparollus (Leptomphalus) arcturus, Straparollus (Leptomphalus) micidus

Type specimen: CPC 4010, a shell. Its type locality is BMR KNuA1, Paraside Homestead, which is in a Sakmarian coastal siliciclastic in the Poole Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at BMR KNuA1, Paraside Homestead

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