Ptychomphalina magna Girty 1929 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Alternative combination: Bembexia magna

Full reference: G. H. Girty. 1929. The fauna of the middle Boone near Batesville, Arkansas. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 154(B):73-103

Belongs to Ptychomphalina according to M. Gordon and E. L. Yochelson 1987

See also Girty 1929

Sister taxa: Ptychomphalina angulata, Ptychomphalina banschangensis, Ptychomphalina brondensis, Ptychomphalina cancellata, Ptychomphalina canovana, Ptychomphalina convivens, Ptychomphalina cuneoi, Ptychomphalina dickinsi, Ptychomphalina discoidea, Ptychomphalina fasciata, Ptychomphalina inexpectata, Ptychomphalina lucina, Ptychomphalina moscardii, Ptychomphalina protei, Ptychomphalina regulata, Ptychomphalina regulosa, Ptychomphalina reticuloidea, Ptychomphalina sabattinii, Ptychomphalina taramellii, Ptychomphalina testis, Ptychomphalina tieni, Ptychomphalina toyomensis, Ptychomphalina trinchesil, Ptychomphalina turgentis, Ptychomphalina vesiculosa

Type specimen: Its type locality is USGS 3204. Abandoned limestone quarry, Spring Creek Valley, Denieville, which is in a Meramecian carbonate chert/carbonate in the Boone Formation of Arkansas.

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at USGS 3204. Abandoned limestone quarry, Spring Creek Valley, Denieville

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