Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Belongs to Turritella (Torquesia) according to H. L. Abbass 1967
Sister taxa: Torquesia (Ispharina), Torquesia oppenheimi, Turritella (Torquesia) abbassi, Turritella (Torquesia) akkadi, Turritella (Torquesia) boghosi, Turritella (Torquesia) carinifera, Turritella (Torquesia) elicitatoides, Turritella (Torquesia) faizai, Turritella (Torquesia) granulata, Turritella (Torquesia) hassani, Turritella (Torquesia) mahmoudi, Turritella (Torquesia) pharaonica, Turritella (Torquesia) saharica, Turritella (Torquesia) tamra, Turritella (Torquesia) vibrayeana, Turritella (Torquesia) wagihi
Type specimen: G326, a shell.
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Egypt (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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