Lagocheilus cretaspira Asato and Hirano 2019 (snail)

Gastropoda - Architaenioglossa - Cyclophoridae

Full reference: K. Asato and T. Hirano. 2019. Taxonomic names, in Cretaceous amber fossils highlight the evolutionary history and morphological conservatism of land snails. Scientific Reports 9(15886)

Belongs to Lagocheilus according to K. Asato and T. Hirano 2019

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NMNS PM 28272, a shell. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NMNS Tsukuba collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology: epifaunal

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NMNS Tsukuba collection)

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