Liracassis egberti Schenck 1926 (snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae

Alternative combinations: Phalium (Bezoardica) egberti, Phalium egberti

Full reference: H. G. Schenck. 1926. Cassididae of western America. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 16(4):69-98

Belongs to Liracassis according to A. J. W. Hendy 2020

See also Durham 1944, Effinger 1938 and Schenck 1926

Sister taxa: Liracassis apta, Liracassis durhami, Liracassis iani, Liracassis onishpetensis, Liracassis oregonensis, Liracassis petrosa, Liracassis rex, Liracassis yabei, Liracassis yokoyamai

Type specimen: LSJU 148, a shell

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (4: Washington collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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