Megalomphala carinata Ebbestad 1999 (snail)

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bucaniidae

Full reference: J.O.R. Ebbestad. 1999. Bucaniidae (Gastropoda) from the Upper Ordovician of Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 79:241-258

Belongs to Megalomphala according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Ebbestad 1999

Sister taxa: Megalomphala contorta, Megalomphala crassa, Megalomphala crassiuscula, Megalomphala cycloides, Megalomphala dawesi, Megalomphala gotlandica, Megalomphala latissima, Megalomphala marjorae, Megalomphala pinguis, Megalomphala planorbiformis, Megalomphala salpinx, Megalomphala septentrionale, Megalomphala taenia, Megalomphala wilfredi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Kallholn (Kallhäll), Boda Limestone, which is in a Pirgu/Porkuni reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Boda Limestone Formation of Sweden

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Norway (1 collection), Sweden (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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