Faunus (Pseudofaunus) Olsson 1931 (snail)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Pachychilidae

Alternative spelling: Pseudofaunus

Full reference: A. A. Olsson. 1931. Contributions to the Tertiary Paleontology of Northern Peru: Part 4, The Peruvian Oligocene. Bulletins of American Paleontology 17(63)

Parent taxon: Faunus according to B. L. Clark and J. W. Durham 1946

See also Olsson 1931

Sister taxa: Faunus beyenburgi, Faunus lagunitensis, Faunus nipponicus, Faunus paytensis, Pirena torta

Subtaxa: Faunus (Pseudofaunus) chiraensis Pseudofaunus bravoensis

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Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Peru (1 collection)

• Eocene of Colombia (3), Peru (2)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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