Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bucaniidae
Alternative spelling: Bellerophon (Megalomphala)
Full reference: E. O. Ulrich and W. H. Scofield. 1897. The Lower Silurian Gastropoda of Minnesota. The Paleontology of Minnesota 39(2):813-1081
Parent taxon: Bucaniinae according to J. S. Peel 1991
See also Knight et al. 1960, Koken and Perner 1925, Perner 1903, Sepkoski 2002 and Ulrich and Scofield 1897
Sister taxa: Bucania, Bucaniides, Bucanopsina, Kokenospira, Loxobucania, Offleya, Phragmolites, Patellostium
Subtaxa: Megalomphala carinata 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
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of Australia (1 collection)
• Silurian of Estonia (2), Greenland (5), Sweden (10)
• Ordovician of Estonia (10), Malaysia (2), the Netherlands (1), Norway (3), Sweden (3), United States (4: California, Indiana)
Total: 41 collections including 45 occurrences
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