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Phalium sp., Bonnet shell(s)

genus Phalium Link, 1807

• Modern species: early Eocene - Present (48.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• Habitat: Marine

• Classification
• kingdom Animalia, phylum Mollusca, class Gastropoda, order Littorinimorpha, family Cassidae

• Distribution
• Miocene: Yamanashi
• Pleistocene: Chiba
• Investigation in progress: Saitama (Miocene?)

• Subtaxa
• P. flammiferum, Striped bonnet