Lioplacodes yunnanensis Yu and Xi 1977 (snail)

Gastropoda - Architaenioglossa - Viviparidae

Full reference: W. Yu and Y. H. Xi. 1977. Taxonomic names, in Mesozoic and Cenozoic fossil Gastropoda from Yunnan. Mesozoic Fossils from Yunnan 2

Belongs to Lioplacodes according to W. Yu and Y. H. Xi 1977

Sister taxon: Lioplacodes orientalis

Type specimen: NIGP 24269, a shell. Its type locality is YH 5279, Shawan, Lufeng County, which is in a Bajocian/Bathonian fluvial-lacustrine horizon in the Upper Lufeng Formation of China.

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore

Distribution: found only at YH 5279, Shawan, Lufeng County

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