Anomphalus rotulus Meek and Worthen 1867 (snail)

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Anomphalidae

Full reference: F. B. Meek and A. H. Worthen. 1867. Contributions to the palaeontology of Illinois and other western states. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1865:251-274

Belongs to Anomphalus according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Gromczakiewicz-Łomnicka 1973, Knight 1933, Knight 1941, Meek and Worthen 1867 and Meek and Worthen 1873

Sister taxa: Anomphalus amorphus, Anomphalus barskovi, Anomphalus biconcavus, Anomphalus blancus, Anomphalus decoratus, Anomphalus fusuiensis, Anomphalus glaucus, Anomphalus helicoides, Anomphalus jaggerius, Anomphalus japonicus, Anomphalus lateumbilicatus, Anomphalus minutus, Anomphalus murankaensis, Anomphalus permianus, Anomphalus planus, Anomphalus rotulensis, Anomphalus studiosus, Anomphalus sundaicus, Anomphalus umbilicatus, Anomphalus umbilicoliratus, Anomphalus vanescens, Anomphalus verruculiferus, Anomphalus weixinensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Hodges Creek, which is in a Desmoinesian carbonate limestone in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of Poland (1 collection), United States (3: Illinois, Pennsylvania, Utah)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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