Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Full reference: C. J. Hickman. 1976. Bathyal gastropods of the family Turridae in the Early Oligocene Keasey Formation in Oregon, with a review of some deep-water genera in the Paleocene of the Eastern Pacific. Bulletins of American Paleontology 70(292):1-119
Parent taxon: Turriculidae according to C. S. Hickman 1980
See also Hickman 1976 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Austromitra, Bellardithala, Conomitra, Thala, Uromitra, Vexillum, Mitridomus, Makiyamaia, Orthosurcula, Microsurcula, Paradrillia, Austrocarina, Knefastia, Fusisyrinx, Cocklespira, Paracomitas, Pyramimitra, Pseudocochlespira, Mariaturricula, Marshallena, Nodisurculina, Fusiturricula, Austrosullivania, Vexitomina
Subtaxa: Clivuloturris levis
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (2: Washington collections)
• Eocene of United States (1: Oregon)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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