Testallium Vermeij 1997 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pseudolividae

Synonym: Gastridium Sowerby 1842

Parent taxon: Pseudolividae according to S. N. Nielsen and D. Frassinetti 2003

See also Vermeij 1998

Sister taxa: Calorebama, Fusulculus, Macron, Maralsenia, Sulcobuccinum, Triumphis

Subtaxa: Gastridium vetustum Testallium cepa

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Type: Gastridium cepa

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Chile (4 collections), Indonesia (1), Peru (4)

• Oligocene of Peru (2)

• Eocene of United States (2: Mississippi)

Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence

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