†Tephlon Popenoe 1983 (snail)
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Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Full reference: W. P. Popenoe. 1983. Cretaceous Aporrhaidae from California: Aporrhainae and Arrhoginae. Journal of Paleontology 57(4):742-765
Parent taxon: Pugnellinae according to H. A. Kollmann 2009
See also Popenoe 1983 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Bizarrus, Gymnarus, Lispodesthes, Perustrombus, Pugnellus, Pyktes, Torgnellus, Tundora
Subtaxa: Tephlon tumidus
Type: Pugnellus tumidus
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at Quiriquina (Cretaceous of Chile)
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