†Tephlon tumidus Gabb 1860 (snail)
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Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Alternative combination: Pugnellus tumidus
Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1860. Descriptions of new species of American Tertiary and Cretaceous fossils. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 4:375-406
Belongs to Tephlon according to W. P. Popenoe 1983
See also Gabb 1860
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is Quiriquina, which is in a Maastrichtian marine horizon in the Quiriquina Formation of Chile
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at Quiriquina
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