Orectospira Dall 1925 (turret shell)
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Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Parent taxon: Orectospirinae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2005
See also Allmon 1996, MacNeil 1960 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Japan (3 collections)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Japan (1)
• Eocene of Japan (5)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
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