†Torquesia (Ispharina) Vjalov and Solun 1963 (turret shell)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae

Alternative spellings: Ispharina, Turritella (Ispharina)

Parent taxon: Torquesia according to J.-M. Pacaud and J. Le Renard 1995

See also Abbass 1967, Le Renard 1994 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Torquesia oppenheimi, Turritella (Torquesia) abbassi, Turritella (Torquesia) akkadi, Turritella (Torquesia) boghosi, Turritella (Torquesia) carinifera, Turritella (Torquesia) elicitatoides, Turritella (Torquesia) faizai, Turritella (Torquesia) granulata, Turritella (Torquesia) hassani, Turritella (Torquesia) mahmoudi, Turritella (Torquesia) nazikae, Turritella (Torquesia) pharaonica, Turritella (Torquesia) saharica, Turritella (Torquesia) tamra, Turritella (Torquesia) vibrayeana, Turritella (Torquesia) wagihi

Subtaxa: Ispharina sulcifera Turritella (Ispharina) hybrida Turritella (Ispharina) naimi Turritella (Ispharina) tarturensis Turritella (Ispharina) terebellata

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Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of Libya (1 collection)

• Eocene of Egypt (1), France (2), Italy (1), Nigeria (8), the United Kingdom (10)

• Paleocene of Egypt (1)

Total: 24 collections including 25 occurrences

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