Fustiaria Stoliczka 1868 (tusk shell)
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Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Fustiariidae
Alternative spelling: Dentalium (Fustiaria)
Parent taxon: Fustiariidae according to P. D. Reynolds and G. Steiner 2008
See also Cossmann 1915, Sepkoski 2002 and Wells and Houston 2001
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of France (1 collection), Mayotte (1)
• Pliocene of Venezuela (3)
• Oligocene of Hungary (2), United States (7: Mississippi, Oregon)
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (1), United States (19: Alabama, Mississippi, Texas)
• Paleocene of United States (3: Texas)
• Cretaceous of United States (1: Texas)
Total: 38 collections including 43 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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