Terebralia Swainson 1840 (horn snail)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Potamididae

Alternative spelling: Potamides (Terebralia)

Parent taxon: Potamididae according to B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva 2010

See also Devries 2019, Harzhauser 2002, Harzhauser 2004, Harzhauser 2007, Hoerle 1972, Ladd 1972, Oostingh 1935, Pacaud and Le Renard 1995, Robba et al. 1989, Sepkoski 2002, Shuto 1978, Squires and Kennedy 1998, Todd 2001 and Wilson 1993

Sister taxa: Cerithidea, Canaliscala, Atractostoma, Urgonella

Subtaxa: Terebralia (Gravesicerithium) Terebralia (Terebralia) Terebralia bidentata Terebralia dentilabris Terebralia dimorpha Terebralia gajensis Terebralia harrisi Terebralia juliana Terebralia marki Terebralia mekranica Terebralia miosulcata Terebralia palustris Terebralia pauli Terebralia semistriatus Terebralia subcorrugata Terebralia sublignitarum Terebralia sulcata Terebralia susana

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Type: Strombus palustris

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), Djibouti (3), Eritrea (2), Indonesia (1), Kenya (1), Nauru (1), Saudi Arabia (3), the Seychelles (1), Tanzania (1)

• Pliocene of Indonesia (4), Japan (2)

• Miocene of Austria (6), Colombia (16), France (4), Germany (1), Greece (3), Indonesia (3), Iran (1), Japan (5), the Marshall Islands (1), Pakistan (4), Panama (1), Romania (1), Slovakia (1), Turkey (1)

• Oligocene of Germany (1), Greece (2), Iran (1), Oman (1), Turkey (1)

• Eocene of France (5), Nigeria (2), Pakistan (1), Peru (1), Turkey (3), the United Kingdom (1)

• Paleocene of Poland (1), United States (1: California)

• Cretaceous of Italy (2), United States (16: California)

Total: 107 collections including 123 occurrences

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