Teneposita Loch 1989 (snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae

Full reference: J. D. Loch. 1989. A New Genus of Aporrhaid Gastropod from Southern California. Journal of Paleontology 63(5):574-577

Parent taxon: Aporrhaidae according to K. Roy 1994

See also Loch 1989 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Anchura, Anchurinae, Antarctohoges, Aporrhainae, Araeodactylus, Arrhoginae, Checchiaia, Chenopus, Cultrigera, Diarthema, Dimorphosominae, Disoketa, Drepanochilus, Goniocheila, Harpagodinae, Kangilioptera, Perissopterinae, Peruchilus, Protohemichenopus, Pterocerellinae, Pugnellinae, Spinigerinae, Spinigeropsis, Spinilomatinae, Strombites, Strombopugnellus, Struthiopterinae, Tibiaporrhais, Toarctocera, Trilemma, Tulochilus

Subtaxa: Teneposita laeva

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Type: Teneposita laeva

Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (3: California collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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