Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Pachychilidae
Synonyms: Ebena Schumacher 1817, Melanamona Bowdich 1822, Pirena
Parent taxon: Pachychilidae according to J.-M. Pacaud and J. Le Renard 1995
See also Nagao 1928, Nagao 1928, Olsson 1931, Sepkoski 2002, Vaught et al. 1989, White 1889 and Woods 1922
Sister taxa: Anaplocamidae, Charadreon, Eginea, Jponsia, Melanatria, Moniquia, Paludomus, Tinnyea
Subtaxa: Faunus (Pseudofaunus) Faunus beyenburgi Faunus lagunitensis Faunus nipponicus Faunus paytensis Pirena torta
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Indonesia (1 collection)
• Miocene of Indonesia (1)
• Oligocene of Peru (1), Romania (3)
• Eocene of Colombia (3), France (3), Indonesia (2), Italy (1), Japan (8), Pakistan (3), Panama (2), Peru (5), Spain (27), Turkey (2), the United Kingdom (3)
• Paleocene to Eocene of Pakistan (3)
• Paleocene of Iraq (1), Pakistan (1)
• Cretaceous of Cameroon (1)
Total: 71 collections including 73 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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