Loxotoma Fischer 1885 (keyhole limpet)

Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae

Parent taxon: Emarginulinae according to J. B. Knight et al. 1960

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Agariste, Clypidina, Emarginulina, Emarginulini, Emersonia, Entomella, Fissurellideini, Notomella, Retshitsella, Rimularia, Rimulopsis, Scelidotoma, Scutini, Tugali

Subtaxa: Loxotoma neocomiensis

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Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of France (2 collections), Poland (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (2: Alabama)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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