Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Pachychilidae
Alternative spelling: Faunus (Melanatria)
Parent taxon: Pachychilidae according to J.-M. Pacaud and J. Le Renard 1995
See also Fischer 1885, Ladd 1972, Nagao 1928, Sepkoski 2002, Squires 1999 and Woods 1922
Sister taxa: Anaplocamidae, Charadreon, Eginea, Faunus, Jponsia, Moniquia, Paludomus, Tinnyea
Subtaxa: Faunus (Melanatria) kahoensis Melanatria acanthica Melanatria beldingi Melanatria bosniaca Melanatria dimorphica Melanatria escheri Melanatria markleyensis Melanatria propinqua Melanatria venusta Melanatria ypresiana
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Miocene of Fiji (1 collection)
• Eocene of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), Colombia (2), Indonesia (2), Italy (1), Japan (2), Mexico (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (3: California)
• Paleocene of Colombia (2), Poland (3)
• Paleogene of Japan (1)
• Cretaceous of France (1), Spain (1), United States (5: North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas)
Total: 28 collections including 30 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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