Longchaeus Mörch 1875 (snail)

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae

Alternative spelling: Pyramidella (Longchaeus)

Parent taxon: Pyramidellidae according to J. A. Todd 2001

See also Addicott 1970, Oostingh 1935, Pilsbry and Olsson 1941, Rosenberg 2005 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Aartsenia, Agatha, Bartschella, Besla, Boonea, Brachystomia, Callolongchaeus, Careliopsis, Chemnitzia, Chrysalida, Creonella, Cyclostremella, Dunkeria, Eulimella, Evalea, Gumina, Henrya, Herviera, Iolaea, Iselica, Ivara, Ividella, Kleinella, Lacrimiforma, Linopyrga, Milda, Miralda, Nisosyrnola, Nodostoma, Odontostomia, Odostomella, Odostomia, Odostomiinae, Odostominae, Ondina, Orinella, Otopleura, Paramormula, Peristichia, Pharcidella, Ptycheulimella, Pyramidellinae, Pyrgolampros, Pyrgulina, Salassia, Sayella, Strioturbonilla, Syrnola, Tiberia (Cossmannica), Triptychus, Turbonillinae, Ugartea, Waikura

Subtaxa: Longchaeus (Longchaeus) Longchaeus mexicanus Pyramidella (Longchaeus) cooperi

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Saudi Arabia (1 collection), United States (4: California, Florida)

• Pliocene of Indonesia (1), Mexico (2), Trinidad and Tobago (1), Venezuela (1)

• Miocene of United States (1: California)

• Eocene of United States (4: Alabama, Mississippi, Texas)

Total: 15 collections including 17 occurrences

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