Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Parent taxon: Turritellidae according to T. J. DeVries 2007
See also Allmon 1996, Devries 2019 and Titova 1994
Sister taxa: Actaeonema, Caucasella, Colpospirella, Eligmostoma, Haustator, Incatella, Kapalmerella, Mariacolpus, Nairiella, Omalaxinae, Orectospirinae, Palmerella, Pareorinae, Protominae, Springvaleia, Torcula, Torquesiella, Trobus, Turriola, Turritellinae, Turritellopsinae, Turritellopsis, Vermiculariinae
Subtaxa: Cristispira caballasensis Cristispira cochleiformis Cristispira paracasensis Cristispira pugetensis
Type: Cristispira pugetensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Peru (5 collections)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Peru (2)
• Eocene of Peru (10), United States (3: Alaska, Washington)
• Paleocene of Canada (1: Yukon)
Total: 21 collections including 22 occurrences
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