Liotia Gray 1842 (snail)

Gastropoda - Trochoidea - Liotiidae

Parent taxon: Liotiidae according to S. N. Nielsen 2013

See also Abbass 1967, Bouchet et al. 2005, Gardner 1947, Gardner 1948, MacNeil 1960, Mansfield 1925, Perrilliat 1972 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Brochidiella, Brochidiinae, Costatomphalus, Dichostasiinae, Liotiinae, Lodderena, Pseudoliotina, Woehrmannia, Ataphropsis, Molleria

Subtaxa: Liotia (Arene) Liotia cancellata Liotia fenestrata Liotia ghorabi Liotia lillianae Liotia machapooreensis Liotia ramlii Liotia washingtoniana Liotia woodringi

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Type: Delphinula cancellata

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Quaternary of China (2 collections), Mexico (1), United States (7: California, South Carolina)

• Pliocene of Chile (1), Indonesia (1), Jamaica (3), Mexico (2)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Japan (1)

• Miocene of Argentina (1), Indonesia (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (2: Florida, South Carolina)

• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (1: Florida)

• Oligocene of United States (2: Georgia)

• Eocene of Egypt (2), Peru (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (1: Washington)

• Paleocene of United States (1: South Carolina)

• Jurassic of Germany (1), Portugal (1)

Total: 34 collections including 39 occurrences

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