Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Potamididae
Alternative spelling: Potamides (Tympanotomus)
Parent taxon: Potamididae according to M. Harzhauser 2004
See also Harzhauser and Mandic 2001, Ladd 1972, Pacaud and Le Renard 1995, Perrilliat et al. 2006 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Cerithidea, Canaliscala, Atractostoma, Urgonella
Subtaxa: Tympanotonos (Diptychochilus) Tympanotonos (Eotympanotonus) Tympanotonos (Tympanotonos) Tympanotonos morillensis Tympanotonos stroppus Tympanotonos turris
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (2 collections)
• Pliocene of Venezuela (1)
• Miocene of France (1), Indonesia (1), Palau (1), Türkiye (1)
• Oligocene of Bulgaria (1), France (30), Greece (1), Iran (1), Italy (1), Türkiye (4)
• Eocene of Bulgaria (4), Egypt (1), France (6), Italy (3), Panama (1), Spain (52), Türkiye (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (4: California)
• Paleocene of Belgium (1), France (2), Poland (3), the United Kingdom (2)
• Cretaceous of United States (1: Delaware)
Total: 128 collections including 192 occurrences
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