Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae

Alternative combination: Drillia ochsneri

Synonyms: Drillia wilsoni Anderson and Martin 1914, Turricula libya Dall 1919

Full reference: F. M. Anderson and B. Martin. 1914. Neocene record in the Temblor Basin, California, and Neocene deposits of the San Juan District, San Luis Obispo County. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series 4(3):15-112

Belongs to Turricula according to W.O. Addicott 1970

See also Anderson and Martin 1914 and Loel and Corey 1932

Sister taxa: Turricula (Crenaturricula), Turricula (Leptosurcula), Turricula (Turricula), Turricula beanensis, Turricula bremertonensis, Turricula bulwaldana, Turricula burroensis, Turricula calafia, Turricula cooperi, Turricula emerita, Turricula eolavinia, Turricula esdailei, Turricula excelsa, Turricula flammea, Turricula fluctuosa, Turricula hanguensis, Turricula haydeni, Turricula kayalensis, Turricula keaseyensis, Turricula mclellani, Turricula nelliae, Turricula piercei, Turricula plutonica, Turricula praepromensis, Turricula promensis, Turricula rossellae, Turricula sethuramae, Turricula spuria, Turricula taurina, Turricula terryi, Turricula thangaensis, Turricula tornata, Turricula waringi, Turricula washingtoniana, Surcula decipiens, Surcula riomaonis, Surcula washingtoniana, Surcula merriami, Surcula culleni, Surcula karenaica, Surcula fairbanksi, Surcula labiata, Surcula mayi, Surcula marylandica, Surcula coaequalis, Surcula holwayi, Surcula andersoni, Turricula (Surcula) steinbacherae, Surcula piura, Surcula cowlitzensis, Surcula ingens, Surcula thompsoni, Surcula africana, Surcula uvasana, Surcula clarki, Surcula birmanica, Surcula iravadica, Surcula wateleti, Surcula sullana

Type specimens:

• Turricula ochsneri: CAS 215
• Drillia wilsoni: CAS 218.
• Turricula libya: USNM 96576.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at LSJU loc. 2121 [Round Mountain Silt] (Miocene of California)

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