Liljevallospira Knight 1945 (snail)

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Full reference: J. B. Knight. 1945. Some new genera of the Bellerophontacea. Journal of Paleontology 19:333-340

Parent taxon: Bellerophontinae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2005

See also Knight et al. 1960 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Aglaoglypta, Bellerophon, Bubovicus, Khumerspira, Kodymites, Mogulia, Pharkidonotus, Praematuratropis, Ptychobellerophon, Semilukispira, Sphaerocyclus, Waagenella

Subtaxa: Liljevallospira elegantulus Liljevallospira tubulosa

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Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Silurian of Sweden (2 collections), United States (1: Indiana)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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