Telescopium parinense Olsson 1928 (horn snail)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Potamididae

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

Belongs to Telescopium according to A. A. Olsson 1928

Sister taxa: Potamides (Telescopium) chamberlaini, Telescopium jogjacartensis, Telescopium peruvianum, Telescopium samanense, Telescopium telescopium, Telescopium titan

Type specimen: Its type locality is Keswick Hills [Parinas Fm], which is in a Bartonian coastal sandstone/conglomerate in the Parinas Formation of Peru

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at Keswick Hills [Parinas Fm]

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