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Telescopium (gastropod)

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Telescopium
Temporal range: 65.500–0 Ma Paleocene to Holocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Potamididae
Genus: Telescopium
Montfort, 1810

Telescopium is a genus of cone-shaped sea snails in the family Potamididae.[1]

Species

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Species within the genus Telescopium include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Telescopium gigas K. Martin, 1881: synonym of † Campanile martini Matsubara, 2009 (invalid: secondary junior homonym of Campanile gigas Leymerie, 1851; C. martini is a replacement name)
  • Telescopium indicator Montfort, 1810: synonym of Telescopium telescopium (Linnaeus, 1758) (a junior synonym)
  • Telescopium mauritsi Butot, 1954: synonym of Telescopium telescopium (Linnaeus, 1758) (a junior synonym)

References

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  • Paleobiology Database
  • Brandt, R. A. M. (1974). The non-marine aquatic Mollusca of Thailand. Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 105: i-iv, 1-423
  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp
  • Yamanaka, T.; Mizota, C. (2001). Sulfur Nutrition of Gastropods and Bivalves Relevant to the Mangrove Forests: A Case Study from Central Sumatra, Indonesia. Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan). 60 (1-2): 71-78
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