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Faunus Montfort 1810 (snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Pachychilidae

PaleoDB taxon number: 71686

Synonyms: Ebena Schumacher 1817 (no. 120938), Melanamona Bowdich 1822 (no. 120937), Pirena (no. 10277)

Parent taxon: Pachychilidae according to J.-M. Pacaud and J. Le Renard 1995

Sister taxa: Anaplocamidae, Charadreon, Eginea, Jponsia, Melanatria, Moniquia, Paludomus

Subtaxa: Faunus (Pseudofaunus), Faunus beyenburgi, Faunus lagunitensis, Faunus nipponicus, Faunus paytensis, Pirena torta

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Ecology: epifaunal grazer