Paromphalus ammonitiformis Etheridge 1902 (snail)

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Euomphalidae

Alternative combinations: Straparollus (Euomphalus) ammonitiformis, Straparollus ammonitiformis

Full reference: R., J.r. Etheridge. 1902. A new Permo-Carboniferous genus (Keenia) of Pleurotomariidae, and a Straparollus in New South Wales. Records of the Australian Museum 4(5):195-200

Belongs to Paromphalus according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Etheridge 1902, Fletcher 1958 and Yochelson 1956

Sister taxa: Paromphalus mapingensis, Paromphalus rotundus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Duguid's Hill, near Harper's Hill, near West Maitland, which is in a Sakmarian marine siliciclastic in the Allandale Formation of Australia

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-detritivore

Distribution: found only at Duguid's Hill, near Harper's Hill, near West Maitland

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