Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Tornidae
Full reference: G. D. Harris and K. E. H. Palmer. 1947. The Mollusca of the Mississippi Embayment (Sabine River to the Alabama River). Pt. II. Univalves and index. Bulletins of American Paleontology 30(117):207-563
Belongs to Teinostoma according to M. A. Kosnik 2002
Sister taxa: Teinostoma (Aepystoma), Teinostoma (Diaerecallus), Teinostoma (Ellipetylus), Teinostoma (Esmeralda), Teinostoma (Eutinochilus), Teinostoma (Idioraphie), Teinostoma (Pseudorotella), Teinostoma (Teinostoma), Teinostoma altum, Teinostoma avunculus, Teinostoma beaufortensis, Teinostoma biscaynense, Teinostoma calvertense, Teinostoma carinatum, Teinostoma ecuadoriana, Teinostoma exoleta, Teinostoma goniogyrus, Teinostoma greensboroense, Teinostoma intercallosum, Teinostoma ledoni, Teinostoma macrostoma, Teinostoma maldonadensis, Teinostoma monta, Teinostoma nana, Teinostoma neodiensa, Teinostoma parvicallum, Teinostoma profunda, Teinostoma squiresi, Teinostoma texanum, Teinostoma umbilicatum, Tinostoma (Megatyloma)
Type specimen: PRI 4498, a shell. Its type locality is HiMS-2.1, which is in a Bartonian offshore siltstone in the Moodys Branch Formation of Mississippi.
Ecology: epifaunal
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (7: Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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