Brochidium morrisi Yochelson 1956 (snail)

Gastropoda - Trochoidea - Liotiidae

Full reference: E. L. Yochelson. 1956. Permian Gastropoda of the southwestern United States. 1. Euomphalacea, Trochonematacea, Pesudophoracea, Anomphalacea, Craspedostomatacea, and Platyceratacea. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 110(3):173-276

Belongs to Brochidium according to E. L. Yochelson 1956

Sister taxa: Brochidium anatolicum, Brochidium aries, Brochidium cingulatum, Brochidium contrarium, Brochidium pustulosum, Brochidium timorense, Brochidium vareasense, Brochidium vereasense, Brochidium vereasense

Type specimen: USNM 119183. Its type locality is USNM702, Split Tank, Glass Mountains, which is in a Kungurian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Cathedral Mountain Formation of Texas.

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Permian of United States (13: Texas collections)

Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence

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