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 amanda, Turricula aureolata, 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 martini, 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 venustula, Turricula waringi, Turricula washingtoniana, Surcula iravadica, Surcula culleni, Surcula washingtoniana, Surcula ingens, Surcula strigosa, Turris (Surcula) rhines, Surcula cowlitzensis, Surcula wateleti, Surcula thompsoni, Surcula binotata, Surcula polyappellatia, Surcula marylandica, Surcula holwayi, Surcula mayi, Surcula decipiens, Surcula andersoni, Surcula merriami, Surcula piura, Surcula fairbanksi, Surcula birmanica, Surcula africana, Surcula karenaica, Surcula sullana, Surcula clarki, Turricula (Surcula) steinbacherae, Surcula coaequalis, Surcula evermanni, Surcula riomaonis, Surcula labiata

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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