Liomphalus Chapman 1916 (snail)

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Omphalocirridae

Full reference: F. Chapman. 1916. New or little-known Victorian fossils on the National Museum. Part XIX - The Yeringian gasteropod fauna. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 29(1):75-102

Parent taxon: Omphalocirridae according to R. M. Linsley and W.M. Kier 1984

See also Blodgett 1992, Knight et al. 1960, Linsley 1973 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxon: Omphalocirrus

Subtaxa: Liomphalus australis Liomphalus disjunctus

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Type: Oriostoma northi

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Carlisle, Upper Pentamerus Beds (Hall) (Devonian of New York)

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