Tachyrhynchus erosus Couthouy 1838 (turret shell)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae

Alternative combination: Turritella erosa

Belongs to Tachyrhynchus according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008

See also Rosenberg 2005

Sister taxa: Tachyrhynchus giganteus, Tachyrhynchus perlaqueata, Tachyrhynchus reticulatus, Tachyrhynchus subvenustellus

Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Canada (3: Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nunavut collections), Greenland (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: Alaska)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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