Telescopium Monfort 1810 (horn snail)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Potamididae

Alternative spelling: Potamides (Telescopium)

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

See also Johnson 1899, Oostingh 1935, Sepkoski 2002, Shuto 1978, Wilson 1993 and Woods 1922

Sister taxa: Cerithidea, Atractostoma, Urgonella, Canaliscala

Subtaxa: Potamides (Telescopium) chamberlaini Telescopium jogjacartensis Telescopium parinense Telescopium peruvianum Telescopium samanense Telescopium telescopium Telescopium titan

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Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Thailand (2 collections)

• Pliocene of Indonesia (5), the Philippines (1)

• Miocene of Indonesia (1), Japan (2), the Philippines (1)

• Oligocene of United States (1: Florida)

• Eocene of Colombia (1), Indonesia (2), Italy (1), Peru (2)

• Paleocene of Belgium (1), Greenland (1), Poland (1)

Total: 22 collections including 27 occurrences

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