Ecculiomphalus bucklandi Portlock 1843 (snail)

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Ophiletidae

Alternative combination: Eccyliomphalus bucklandi

Full reference: J. E. Portlock. 1843. Report on the Geology of the County of Londonderry and of parts of Tyrone and Fermanagh 1-784

Belongs to Ecculiomphalus according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Longstaff 1924, Portlock 1843 and Wagner 1999

Sister taxa: Cyrtendoceras priscum, Ecculiomphalus brevicollaris, Ecculiomphalus centrifugus, Ecculiomphalus compressus, Ecculiomphalus devonicus, Ecculiomphalus elegans, Ecculiomphalus fredericus, Ecculiomphalus harrisae, Ecculiomphalus kepintaghensis, Ecculiomphalus magniumbilicatus, Ecculiomphalus minor, Ecculiomphalus priscus, Ecculiomphalus quebecensis, Ecculiomphalus triangulus, Eccyliomphalus balclatchiensis, Eccyliomphalus calciferus, Eccyliomphalus intortus, Eccyliomphalus macromphalus, Eccyliomphalus proclivis, Eccyliomphalus scotica, Eccyliomphalus tangshanensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Desertcreat, Pomeroy Inlier, which is in a Cautleyan coastal sandstone in the Killey Bridge Formation of the United Kingdom

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Desertcreat, Pomeroy Inlier

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