Megalomphala dawesi Peel 1991 (snail)

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bucaniidae

Full reference: J. S. Peel. 1991. Salpingostomatiform and related bellerophontacean gastropods from Greenland and the Baltic region. Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse Bulletin 161:67-116

Belongs to Megalomphala according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Peel 1991

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

Type specimen: MGUH 20.846, a shell. Its type locality is GGU 82341, 82399 & 8304. Korsgard Bjerg, Nyeboe Land, which is in a Llandovery carbonate limestone in Greenland.

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at GGU 82341, 82399 & 8304. Korsgard Bjerg, Nyeboe Land

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