Turritella (Peyrotia) ansarii Abbass 1967 (turret shell)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae

Full reference: H. L. Abbass. 1967. A monograph on the Egyptian Paleocene and Eocene gastropods. United Arab Republic, Geological Survey-Geological Museum, Palaeontological Series, Monograph (4)1-154

Belongs to Turritella (Peyrotia) according to H. L. Abbass 1967

Sister taxa: Peyrotia interposita, Turritella (Peyrotia) desmarestina, Turritella (Peyrotia) magnasperula, Turritella (Peyrotia) strangulata

Type specimen: G401, a shell.

Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Egypt 10 (Fayium) (Eocene of Egypt)

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