Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Palaeotrochidae
Alternative spelling: Floydia
Synonym: Scaliconus Spriestersbach 1942
Full reference: C. L. Webster. 1905. Description of a new genus and species of gastropod from the Hackberry group of Iowa (Floyda concentrica). Iowa Naturalist 1:39-40
Parent taxon: Palaeotrochidae according to J. B. Knight et al. 1960
See also Day 1987, Fenton and Fenton 1924 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Palaeotrochus, Turbonopsis, Westerna, Westwooditrochus
Subtaxa: Floyda concentrica Floyda obliqua
Type: Floyda concentrica
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Germany (1 collection), United States (10: Colorado, Iowa)
Total: 11 collections including 12 occurrences
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