Eligmostoma Cossmann 1888 (turret shell)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae

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

See also Le Renard 1986

Sister taxa: Actaeonema, Caucasella, Colpospirella, Cristispira, Haustator, Incatella, Kapalmerella, Mariacolpus, Nairiella, Omalaxinae, Orectospirinae, Palmerella, Pareorinae, Protominae, Springvaleia, Torcula, Torquesiella, Trobus, Turriola, Turritellinae, Turritellopsinae, Turritellopsis, Vermiculariinae

Subtaxa: Eligmostoma culsensis

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Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Eligmostoma in the database

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