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Family Omniglyptidae Christikov 1975 (tusk shell)

Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Omniglyptidae

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

See also Wells and Houston 2001

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

Subtaxa: Omniglypta

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Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at Livornesi Mountains, Raquese Unit assemblages, Tuscany (Miocene of Italy)

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