Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Alternative spelling: Turritella (Colpospira)
Parent taxon: Turritellinae according to G. Rosenberg et al. 2006
See also Allmon 1996, Sepkoski 2002 and Wilson 1993
Sister taxa: Archimediella, Banzarecolpus, Callostracum, Coeloconica, Colposigma, Gazameda, Hataiella, Idaella, Maoricolpus, Neohaustator, Nipponocolpus, Oligodia, Reymentella, Sechuritella, Spirocolpus, Tachyrhynchus, Torquesia, Tropicolpus, Turritella, Wyatella, Wyattella, Zaria, Zeacolpus, Kamchatkella, Armatus
Subtaxa: Colpospira (Acutospira) Colpospira (Colpospira) Colpospira (Ctenocolpus) Colpospira (Platycolpus) Colpospira acinella Colpospira conspicabilis Colpospira platyspira Colpospira tristira
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Australia (1 collection)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Australia (1)
• Miocene of Australia (8)
• Eocene of France (1), Japan (13)
• Cambrian of Canada (1: Quebec)
Total: 25 collections including 33 occurrences
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