Turritella (Torquesia) hassani Abbass 1962 (turret shell)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae

Full reference: H. L. Abbass. 1962. The english Cretaceous Turritellide and Mathildidae (Gastropoda). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology 7(6):175-196

Belongs to Turritella (Torquesia) according to H. L. Abbass 1962

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) mahmoudi, Turritella (Torquesia) nazikae, Turritella (Torquesia) pharaonica, Turritella (Torquesia) saharica, Turritella (Torquesia) tamra, Turritella (Torquesia) vibrayeana, Turritella (Torquesia) wagihi

Type specimen: BMNH G49907, a shell.

Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Turritella (Torquesia) hassani in the database

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