Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Full reference: E. J. Petuch. 1988. New gastropods from the Maryland Miocene. Bulletin of Paleomalacology 1(4):69-80
Parent taxon: Turritellidae according to E. J. Petuch 1988
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Actaeonema, Caucasella, Colpospirella, Cristispira, Eligmostoma, Haustator, Incatella, Kapalmerella, Nairiella, Omalaxinae, Orectospirinae, Palmerella, Pareorinae, Protominae, Springvaleia, Torcula, Torquesiella, Trobus, Turriola, Turritellinae, Turritellopsinae, Turritellopsis, Vermiculariinae
Subtaxa: Mariacolpus aequistriatus Mariacolpus covepointensis Mariacolpus lindajoyceae Mariacolpus octonaria Mariacolpus plebeia
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of United States (3: Virginia collections), Venezuela (1)
• Miocene of United States (68: Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Virginia), Venezuela (3)
Total: 75 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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