†Telescopium samanense Olsson 1928 (horn snail)
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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 parinense, Telescopium peruvianum, Telescopium telescopium, Telescopium titan
Type specimen: Its type locality is Casa Saman [Saman Fm], which is in an Eocene coastal sandstone/conglomerate in the Saman Formation of Peru
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution: found only at Casa Saman [Saman Fm]
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