Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Alternative spelling: Turricula (Orthosurcula)
Parent taxon: Turriculinae according to M. Harzhauser and O. Mandic 2001
See also Jeffery and Tracey 1997, Sepkoski 2002 and Wienrich and Janssen 2007
Sister taxa: Austromitra, Bellardithala, Conomitra, Thala, Uromitra, Vexillum, Paradrillia, Fusiturricula, Nodisurculina, Austrocarina, Makiyamaia, Fusisyrinx, Cocklespira, Paracomitas, Microsurcula, Clivuloturris, Marshallena, Pyramimitra, Mariaturricula, Pseudocochlespira, Knefastia, Vexitomina, Austrosullivania, Mitridomus
Subtaxa: Orthosurcula regularis Turricula (Orthosurcula) cochlis Turricula (Orthosurcula) crassa Turricula (Orthosurcula) keelei Turricula (Orthosurcula) teretrium
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Belgium (2 collections), France (1), Germany (25), the Netherlands (1)
• Oligocene of Austria (1), Denmark (5), France (6), Hungary (3), the Netherlands (1), United States (7: Mississippi, North Carolina)
• Eocene of New Zealand (1), the United Kingdom (5), United States (7: Alabama, Mississippi)
• Paleocene of Colombia (2), Mexico (3), United States (54: Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Texas)
• Cretaceous of United States (2: Mississippi, Texas)
Total: 126 collections including 164 occurrences
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