†Cristispira caballasensis Devries 2019 (turret shell)
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Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Full reference: T. J. Devries. 2019. Early Paleogene brackish-water molluscs from the Caballas Formation of the East Pisco Basin (Southern Peru). Journal of Natural History 53(25-26):1533-1584
Belongs to Cristispira according to T. J. Devries 2019
Sister taxa: Cristispira cochleiformis, Cristispira paracasensis, Cristispira pugetensis
Type specimen: UWBM 107605, a shell. Its type locality is B8769, which is in a Ypresian coastal sandstone in Peru.
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at B8769
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