Megalomphala marjorae 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 Ebbestad 1999 and Peel 1991

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Viklau, which is in a Gleedonian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Klinteberg Formation of Sweden

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Silurian of Greenland (1 collection), Sweden (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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