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Megalomphala dawesi

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bucaniidae

Taxonomy
Megalomphala dawesi was named by Peel (1991). Its type specimen is MGUH 20.846, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is GGU 82341, 82399 & 8304. Korsgard Bjerg, Nyeboe Land, which is in a Llandovery carbonate limestone in Greenland.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Megalomphala dawesi Peel
2023Megalomphala dawesi Wagner p. 3386

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
suborderBellerophontina
superfamilyBellerophontoidea()
familyBucaniidae
subfamilyBucaniinae
genusMegalomphala
speciesdawesi

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Megalomphala dawesi Peel 1991
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available