Loxotrema turritum Gabb 1869 (snail)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Melanopsidae

Alternative combination: Loxotrema turrita

Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1869. Section II. Cretaceous Fossils. Part I. Description of New Species. Palaeontology of California, Volume II, Cretaceous and Tertiary Fossils 127-205

Belongs to Loxotrema according to R. L. Squires 1998

See also Gabb 1869, Givens and Kennedy 1976, Hanna 1927, Squires 1999, Stewart 1927 and Turner 1938

Sister taxa: none

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (29: California, Oregon collections)

Total: 29 collections each including a single occurrence

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