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Megalomphala septentrionale

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bucaniidae

Taxonomy
Salpingostoma septentrionale was named by Poulsen (1974). It is not extant. Its type locality is Locality 2. Kap Morton, uppermost kap of Washinton Land into Kennedy Channel, which is in a Llandovery reef, buildup or bioherm mudstone in the Offley Island Formation of Greenland.

It was recombined as Megalomphala septentrionale by Peel (1991), Ebbestad (1999), Ebbestad (1999) and Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Salpingostoma septentrionale Poulsen
1991Megalomphala septentrionale Peel p. 111 figs. f. 40
1999Megalomphala septentrionale Ebbestad p. 157
2023Megalomphala septentrionale Wagner p. 2705

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

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available