Ctenocolpus sturtii Tenison Woods 1877 (turret shell)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae

Alternative combination: Turritella sturtii

Belongs to Ctenocolpus according to T. A. Darragh 1970

Sister taxa: Colpospira (Ctenocolpus) australis, Colpospira (Ctenocolpus) guilleaumei, Ctenocolpus gemmulata, Ctenocolpus terebellata, Ctenocolpus trilix, Ctenocolpus warburtoni

Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Table Cape, Tasmania (inc. Freestone Cove Sst and Fossil Bluff Sst) (Miocene of Australia)

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