Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Alternative spelling: Turritella (Merriamella)
Full reference: F. Etayo-Serna. 1979. La fauna de moluscos del Paleoceno de Colombia. Moluscos de una capa del Paleoceno de Manatial (Guajira). Boletín de Geología 13(27):5-55
Parent taxon: Hataiella according to A. E. Oleinik and L. Marincovich 2003
See also Etayo-Serna 1979 and Titova 1994
Sister taxa: Hataiella (Hataiella), Hataiella (Idaella), Hataiella (Kotakaella), Turritella (Hataiella) sagai
Subtaxa: Hataiella (Merriamella) kahtanenesis Hataiella (Merriamella) rateginensis Turritella (Merriamella) rinconi
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (3 collections)
• Paleocene of Colombia (2)
Total: 5 collections including 6 occurrences