Liospira depressum Foerste 1923 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae

Full reference: A. F. Foerste. 1923. Notes on the Medinan, Niagaran, and Chester fossils. Bulletin of the Scientific Laboratories of Denison University 23:37-120

Belongs to Liospira according to A. F. Foerste 1923

Sister taxa: Liospira aequalis, Liospira affinis, Liospira americana, Liospira angustata, Liospira biconvexa, Liospira cornovica, Liospira decipens, Liospira equilis, Liospira lenticularis, Liospira micula, Liospira modesta, Liospira numismale, Liospira obtusa, Liospira peneplana, Liospira perdepressa, Liospira persimilis, Liospira progne, Liospira robertsi, Liospira rossica, Liospira shohakuensis, Liospira simulans, Liospira stevensoni, Liospira striatula, Liospira subconcava, Liospira taihakuensis, Liospira uriconiensis, Liospira vitruvia, Liospira wesenbergense

Type specimen: Its type locality is Quarry ½ mile northwest of Centerville, which is in an Alexandrian carbonate limestone in the Brassfield Formation of Ohio

Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Quarry ½ mile northwest of Centerville

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