Lithophysema Stewart 1926 (snail)

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae

Parent taxon: Acteonidae according to G. D. Harris and K. E. H. Palmer 1947

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Acteocinidae, Acteon, Acteonellinae, Acteoninae, Bullina, Crenilabium, Cylindrobullinae, Japonactaeon, Nucleopsinae, Ongleya, Pirsila, Pupa, Rictaxis, Semiactaeon, Solidula, Tenuiactaeon, Tornatellaea, Triploca, Vasjugania, Wangacteon

Subtaxa: Lithophysema labrea Lithophysema solaria

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Mexico (1 collection), the Netherlands Antilles (1), Peru (1), United States (14: Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas)

Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence

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