Turricula kayalensis Dey 1961 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae

Full reference: A. K. Dey. 1961. The Miocene Mollusca from Quilon, Kerala (India). Palaeontologica Indica 36

Belongs to Turricula according to A. K. Dey 1961

Sister taxa: Turricula (Crenaturricula), Turricula (Leptosurcula), Turricula (Turricula), Turricula beanensis, Turricula bremertonensis, Turricula bulwaldana, Turricula burroensis, Turricula calafia, Turricula cooperi, Turricula emerita, Turricula eolavinia, Turricula esdailei, Turricula excelsa, Turricula flammea, Turricula fluctuosa, Turricula hanguensis, Turricula haydeni, Turricula keaseyensis, Turricula mclellani, Turricula nelliae, Turricula ochsneri, Turricula piercei, Turricula plutonica, Turricula praepromensis, Turricula promensis, Turricula rossellae, Turricula sethuramae, Turricula spuria, Turricula taurina, Turricula terryi, Turricula thangaensis, Turricula tornata, Turricula waringi, Turricula washingtoniana, Surcula fairbanksi, Surcula decipiens, Surcula labiata, Surcula birmanica, Surcula africana, Surcula clarki, Surcula culleni, Surcula mayi, Surcula wateleti, Surcula karenaica, Surcula holwayi, Surcula uvasana, Surcula thompsoni, Surcula andersoni, Surcula marylandica, Surcula piura, Surcula ingens, Surcula iravadica, Surcula merriami, Surcula cowlitzensis, Surcula sullana, Turricula (Surcula) steinbacherae, Surcula riomaonis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Quilon Limestone (Quilon, Kerala), which is in a Miocene carbonate limestone in the Quilon Limestone Formation of India

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Quilon Limestone (Quilon, Kerala)

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