Turricula keaseyensis Hickman 1976 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae

Full reference: C. J. Hickman. 1976. Bathyal gastropods of the family Turridae in the Early Oligocene Keasey Formation in Oregon, with a review of some deep-water genera in the Paleocene of the Eastern Pacific. Bulletins of American Paleontology 70(292):1-119

Belongs to Turricula according to C. J. Hickman 1976

See also Hickman 1980

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 mclellani, Turricula nelliae, Turricula ochsneri, 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 fairbanksi, Surcula decipiens, Surcula labiata, Surcula birmanica, Surcula africana, Surcula clarki, Surcula culleni, Surcula mayi, Surcula wateleti, Surcula karenaica, Surcula holwayi, Surcula uvasana, Surcula thompsoni, Surcula andersoni, Surcula marylandica, Surcula piura, Surcula ingens, Surcula iravadica, Surcula merriami, Surcula cowlitzensis, Surcula sullana, Turricula (Surcula) steinbacherae, Surcula riomaonis

Type specimen: USNM 216375, a shell. Its type locality is Empire Literock Quarry, which is in a Priabonian marine horizon in the Keasey Formation of Oregon.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of United States (1: Oregon collection)

• Eocene of the Russian Federation (1), United States (14: Oregon)

Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence

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