Turritella (Broderiptella) mansfieldi Olsson 1967 (turret shell)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae

Full reference: A. A. Olsson. 1967. Some Tertiary mollusks from South Florida and the Carribean. Paleontological Research Institute 1-61

Belongs to Turritella (Broderiptella) according to A. A. Olsson 1967

Sister taxa: Turritella (Broderiptella) bifastigata, Turritella (Broderiptella) broderipiana, Turritella (Broderiptella) caronensis, Turritella (Broderiptella) maiquetiana, Turritella (Broderiptella) mimetes, Turritella (Broderiptella) planigyrata, Turritella (Broderiptella) variegata

Type specimen: USNM 645175, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Pliocene of United States (3: Florida collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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