Cerithidea boweni Olsson 1928 (horn snail)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Potamididae

Alternative combination: Cerithium boweni

Full reference: A. A. Olsson. 1928. Contributions to the Tertiary paleontology of northern Peru: Part 1. Bulletins of American Paleontology 14(52)

Belongs to Cerithidea according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008

See also Olsson 1928

Sister taxa: Cerithidea (Cerithidea), Cerithidea (Cerithideopsilla), Cerithidea (Cerithideopsis), Cerithidea anguillana, Cerithidea anticipata, Cerithidea costatus, Cerithidea decollata, Cerithidea pulchra, Cerithidea scalariformis, Cerithidea tokunariensis, Cerithidea valida, Potamides (Cerithidea) branneri, Potamides (Cerithidea) djadariensis, Potamides (Cerithidea) fluviatilis, Potamides (Cerithidea) sindiensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Restin [Pale Greda Fm], which is in a Lutetian coastal shale in the Pale Greda Formation of Peru

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at Restin [Pale Greda Fm]

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