Liocium Gabb 1869 (snail)

Gastropoda - Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae

Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1869. Section II. Cretaceous Fossils. Part I. Description of New Species. Palaeontology of California, Volume II, Cretaceous and Tertiary Fossils 127-205

Parent taxon: Pseudomelaniidae according to R. L. Squires and L. R. Saul 2003

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Angulasina, Antiplanes, Bourguetia, Compsodrillia, Crassispira, Epidirona, Fusoidella, Glossispira, Hudlestonella, Leucosyrinx, Lioglyphostoma, Maesiella, Malbalnella, Mesospira, Miraclathurella, Monilispira, Paosia, Pericarinata, Pilsbryspira, Pseudomelania, Ptychobela, Ramina, Tiariturris, Zonulispira, Clavatoma, Carinodrillia, Inquisitor, Austrodrillia

Subtaxa: Liocium marcidulus Liocium punctatum

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Type: Liocium punctatum

Ecology: epifaunal

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (15: California collections)

Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence

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