Actaeonema Conrad 1865 (turret shell)
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Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Parent taxon: Turritellidae according to W. F. Ponder 1984
See also Glibert 1962 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Caucasella, Colpospirella, Cristispira, Eligmostoma, Haustator, Incatella, Kapalmerella, Mariacolpus, Nairiella, Omalaxinae, Orectospirinae, Palmerella, Pareorinae, Protominae, Springvaleia, Torcula, Torquesiella, Trobus, Turriola, Turritellinae, Turritellopsinae, Turritellopsis, Vermiculariinae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (14: Alabama, Mississippi, New Jersey, Texas collections)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
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