Turritella (Turritella) bandongensis Martin 1879 (turret shell)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae

Alternative combination: Turritella bandongensis

Full reference: K. Martin. 1879. Die Tertiärschichten auf Java. Nach den Entdeckungen von Fr. Junghuhn. Geologische-Reichsmuseum 1-164

Belongs to Turritella (Turritella) according to L. W. van den Hoek Ostende et al. 2002

See also Martin 1879, Shuto 1974 and Vredenburg 1928

Sister taxa: Turritella (Turritella) alticostata, Turritella (Turritella) bantamensis, Turritella (Turritella) bellardii, Turritella (Turritella) dibleyi, Turritella (Turritella) gradata, Turritella (Turritella) infracarinata, Turritella (Turritella) producta, Turritella (Turritella) terebra, Turritella (Turritella) tricarinata, Turritella (Turritella) unicarinata

Type specimen: RGM 10896, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Pakistan (1 collection)

• Miocene of Indonesia (3), Pakistan (1)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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