Loxotrema Gabb 1868 (snail)

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

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Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (28: California, Oregon collections)

Total: 28 collections each including a single occurrence

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