Macromphalus Wood 1842 (snail)

Gastropoda - Vanikoroidea - Vanikoridae

Synonyms: Dialytostoma Cossmann 1888, Macromphalus (Dialytostoma) Cossmann 1888

Parent taxon: Vanikoridae according to J. A. Todd 2001

See also Lozouet 1998 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Megalomphalus, Radinista, Vanikorinae, Vanikoro, Vanikoropsis

Subtaxa: Macromphalus fischeri Macromphalus imacampensis Macromphalus reticulatus

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Type: Macromphalus reticulatus

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Miocene of France (1 collection)

• Eocene of France (1), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences

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