†Tephlon tumidus Gabb 1860 (snail)
Gastropoda - Stromboidea - Aporrhaidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 339447
Alternative combination: Pugnellus tumidus
Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1860. Descriptions of new species of American Tertiary and Cretaceous fossils. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 4:375-406
Belongs to Tephlon according to W. P. Popenoe 1983
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is Quiriquina, which is in a Maastrichtian marine horizon in the Quiriquina Formation of Chile
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore