†Ctenocolpus terebellata Tate 1893 (turret shell)
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Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Alternative combination: Turritella terebellata
Full reference: R. Tate. 1893. The gastropods of the Older Tertiary of Australia (Part 4). Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia 17:316-345
Belongs to Ctenocolpus according to T. A. Darragh 1970
See also Tate 1893
Sister taxa: Colpospira (Ctenocolpus) australis, Colpospira (Ctenocolpus) guilleaumei, Ctenocolpus gemmulata, Ctenocolpus sturtii, Ctenocolpus trilix, Ctenocolpus warburtoni
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Grignon (RSNB collection) (Eocene of France)
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