Lysis mickeyi Saul and Squires 2008 (snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Capulidae

Full reference: L. R. Saul and R. L. Squires. 2008. Cretaceous trichotropid gastropods from the Pacific slope of North America: Possible pathways to calyptraeid morphology. The Nautilus 122(3):115-142

Belongs to Lysis according to L. R. Saul and R. L. Squires 2008

Sister taxa: Lysis duplicosta, Lysis jalamaca, Lysis lomaensis, Lysis suciensis

Type specimen: LACMIP 13374. Its type locality is LACMIP loc. 10757, Bear Creek, which is in a Coniacian shoreface sandstone in the Redding Formation of California.

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (3: California collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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