Dichostasia complex 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 Dichostasia according to E. L. Yochelson 1956

Sister taxa: Dichostasia kampara, Dichostasia simplex, Dichostasia solariiformis

Type specimen: USNM 119189. Its type locality is USNM702c, Old Word Ranch, Glass Mountains, which is in a Kungurian slope/ramp reef limestone in the Road Canyon Formation of Texas.

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Permian of United States (6: Texas collections), Venezuela (1)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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