†Loxotrema Gabb 1868 (snail)
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Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Melanopsidae
Parent taxon: Melanopsinae according to R. L. Squires 1998
See also Givens and Kennedy 1976, Squires 1999 and Turner 1938
Sister taxa: Amphimelania, Boggsia, Esperiana, Fagotia, Megalonoda, Melanopsis, Microcolpia, Morgania, Pseudobellardia, Stomatopsis, Stylospirula
Subtaxa: Loxotrema turritum
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (28: California, Oregon collections)
Total: 28 collections each including a single occurrence
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