Micromphalus Knight 1945 (snail)

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Tychobraheidae

Full reference: J. B. Knight. 1945. Some new genera of Paleozoic Gastropoda. Journal of Paleontology 19(6):573-587

Parent taxon: Tychobraheidae according to R. J. HornĂ½ 1992

See also Knight et al. 1960, Morris and Cleevely 1981 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Asinomphalus, Komenskyspira

Subtaxa: Micromphalus turris

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Type: Micromphalus turris

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Elizabethtown (Carboniferous of Kentucky)

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