Wyattella Adegoke 1967 (turret shell)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae

Full reference: O.S. Adegoke. 1967. Wyattella, a New Turritellid Genus from the Eocene of Colombia, South America. Journal of Paleontology 41(5):1095-1100

Parent taxon: Turritellinae according to O.S. Adegoke 1967

Sister taxa: Archimediella, Banzarecolpus, Callostracum, Coeloconica, Colposigma, Colpospira, Gazameda, Hataiella, Idaella, Maoricolpus, Neohaustator, Nipponocolpus, Oligodia, Reymentella, Sechuritella, Spirocolpus, Tachyrhynchus, Torquesia, Tropicolpus, Turritella, Wyatella, Zaria, Zeacolpus, Kamchatkella, Armatus

Subtaxa: Wyattella allisoni Wyattella edwini

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Type: Wyattella allisoni

Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Eocene of Colombia (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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