Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Alternative spelling: Turritella (Turritellopsis)
Parent taxon: Turritellidae according to G. Rosenberg 2005
See also Allmon 1996, Hendy et al. 2008, Sepkoski 2002 and Wilson 1993
Sister taxa: Actaeonema, Caucasella, Colpospirella, Cristispira, Eligmostoma, Haustator, Incatella, Kapalmerella, Mariacolpus, Nairiella, Omalaxinae, Orectospirinae, Palmerella, Pareorinae, Protominae, Springvaleia, Torcula, Torquesiella, Trobus, Turriola, Turritellinae, Turritellopsinae, Vermiculariinae
Subtaxa: Turritellopsis acicula Turritellopsis neptunensis Turritellopsis stimpsoni
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Antarctica (2 collections), Canada (1: Newfoundland and Labrador)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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