Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Potamididae
WoRMS ranks as a genus and claims extant
Alternative spellings: Cerithium (Tympanotonus), Potamides (Tympanotomus), Potamides (Tympanotonus), Tympanotomus, Tympanotonus
Parent taxon: Potamididae according to B. Reichenbacher et al. 2004
See also Dockery 1993, Harzhauser 2004, Harzhauser and Mandic 2001, Ladd 1972, Novack-Gottshall 2025, Pacaud and Le Renard 1995, Perrilliat et al. 2006, Sepkoski 2002, Vredenburg 1925, Vredenburg 1928 and Woods 1922
Sister taxa: Cerithidea, Atractostoma, Urgonella, Canaliscala
Subtaxa: Tympanotonos (Diptychochilus) 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 (5), Italy (3), Panama (1), Spain (52), Türkiye (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (4: California)
• Paleocene of Belgium (1), France (1), Poland (3), the United Kingdom (2)
• Cretaceous of United States (1: Delaware)
Total: 125 collections including 185 occurrences
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