Family Fustiariidae Steiner 1991 (tusk shell)

Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Fustiariidae

Parent taxon: Dentaliida according to P. D. Reynolds and G. Steiner 2008

See also Wells and Houston 2001

Sister taxa: Anulidentaliidae, Baltodentaliidae, Calliodentaliidae, Dentaliidae, Gadilinidae, Laevidentaliidae, Omniglyptidae, Prodentaliidae, Progadilina, Rhabdidae, Suevidontus

Subtaxa: Fustiaria

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Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of France (1 collection), Mayotte (1)

• Pliocene of Venezuela (3)

• Oligocene of Hungary (2), United States (7: Mississippi, Oregon)

• Eocene of the United Kingdom (1), United States (19: Alabama, Mississippi, Texas)

• Paleocene of United States (3: Texas)

• Cretaceous of United States (1: Texas)

Total: 38 collections including 43 occurrences

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