Lyosoma truquicoensis Cataldo 2017 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neritoidea - Neritidae

Full reference: C. S. Cataldo. 2017. New records of marine gastropods from the Lower Cretaceous of west-central Argentina. Ameghiniana 54(4):405-440

Belongs to Lyosoma according to C. S. Cataldo 2017

Sister taxa: Lyosoma enoda, Lyosoma powelli, Lyosoma squamosa, Otostoma (Lyosoma) japonica

Type specimen: CPBA 21364, a shell. Its type locality is Arroyo Truquico, which is in a Valanginian transition zone/lower shoreface shale in the Agrio Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

Distribution: found only at Arroyo Truquico

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