Turritella (Haustator) quadrifasciata Traub 1938 (turret shell)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae

Alternative combination: Turritella quadrifasciata

Full reference: F. Traub. 1938. Geologische und paläontologische Bearbeitung der Kreide und des Tertiärs im östlichen Rupertiwinkel, nördlich von Salzburg [Geological and paleontological work on the Cretaceous and Tertiary of the eastern Ruperti region, north of Salzburg]. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 88:1-107

Belongs to Turritella (Haustator) according to F. Traub 1979

See also Traub 1938

Sister taxa: Haustator (Haustator), Haustator adulterata, Haustator bauga, Haustator bellovacina, Haustator bilira, Haustator caillati, Haustator carinata, Haustator cingulifer, Haustator circumdatus, Haustator comptus, Haustator conoidea, Haustator contractus, Haustator dixoni, Haustator elegans, Haustator elongatus, Haustator eryna, Haustator fowleri, Haustator funiculosus, Haustator furoni, Haustator granulosa, Haustator imbricataria, Haustator infans, Haustator mitis, Haustator monilifer, Haustator multiplicatus, Haustator nigeriensis, Haustator oyawoyei, Haustator praecessus, Haustator rina, Haustator rivurbana, Haustator sedanensis, Haustator solanderi, Haustator subula, Haustator subulata, Haustator tauroperturritus, Haustator trisulcata, Haustator uniangularis, Haustator unisulcata, Haustator vermicularis, Haustator zulloi, Turritella (Haustator) asperula, Turritella (Haustator) atlantica, Turritella (Haustator) bijugata, Turritella (Haustator) conofaciata, Turritella (Haustator) incrassata, Turritella (Haustator) montensis, Turritella (Haustator) parisi, Turritella (Haustator) punjabensis, Turritella (Haustator) teschi, Turritella (Haustator) vanderfeeni, Turritella (Haustator) venus, Turritella (Haustator) vermicularis, Turritella solandrei

Type specimen: Its type locality is Mt. Haunsberg, which is in a Paleocene coastal sandstone/marl in the Oiching Formation of Austria.

Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Mt. Haunsberg

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