Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Full reference: T. A. Darragh and G. W. Kendrick. 2008. Silicified Eocene molluscs from the Lower Murchison district, southern Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 24:217-246
Belongs to Zeacolpus according to T. A. Darragh and G. W. Kendrick 2008
See also Darragh 2017
Sister taxa: Zeacolpus (Leptocolpus), Zeacolpus (Stiracolpus), Zeacolpus (Zeacolpus), Zeacolpus chattonensis, Zeacolpus pukeuriensis
Type specimen: WAM 07.4, a shell. Its type locality is Kalbarri (Darragh/Kendrick collection), which is in a Bartonian/Priabonian transition zone/lower shoreface mudstone/sandstone in Australia.
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of Australia (6 collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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