Turricula kayalensis Dey 1961 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae

Full reference: A. K. Dey. 1961. The Miocene Mollusca from Quilon, Kerala (India). Palaeontologica Indica 36

Belongs to Turricula according to A. K. Dey 1961

Sister taxa: Turricula (Crenaturricula), Turricula (Leptosurcula), Turricula (Turricula), Turricula beanensis, Turricula bremertonensis, Turricula burroensis, Turricula buwaldana, Turricula calafia, Turricula cooperi, Turricula emerita, Turricula eolavinia, Turricula esdailei, Turricula excelsa, Turricula flammea, Turricula fluctuosa, Turricula hanguensis, Turricula haydeni, Turricula keaseyensis, Turricula kincaidi, Turricula maculosa, Turricula mclellani, Turricula nelliae, Turricula nigricans, Turricula ochsneri, Turricula piercei, Turricula plutonica, Turricula praepromensis, Turricula promensis, Turricula rossellae, Turricula sethuramae, Turricula spuria, Turricula taurina, Turricula terryi, Turricula thangaensis, Turricula tornata, Turricula uvasana, Turricula waringi, Turricula washingtoniana, Surcula riomaonis, Surcula piura, Surcula coaequalis, Surcula wateleti, Surcula clarki, Surcula strigosa, Surcula birmanica, Surcula andersoni, Turris (Surcula) rhines, Surcula africana, Surcula fairbanksi, Surcula binotata, Surcula culleni, Surcula evermanni, Surcula iravadica, Surcula marylandica, Surcula holwayi, Surcula thompsoni, Surcula sullana, Surcula ingens, Surcula polyappellatia, Surcula karenaica, Turricula (Surcula) steinbacherae, Surcula merriami, Surcula cowlitzensis, Surcula mayi, Surcula labiata, Surcula washingtoniana, Surcula decipiens

Type specimen: Its type locality is Quilon Limestone (Quilon, Kerala), which is in a Miocene carbonate limestone in the Quilon Limestone Formation of India

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Quilon Limestone (Quilon, Kerala)

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