Colpospira conspicabilis Tate 1893 (turret shell)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae

Alternative combination: Turritella conspicabilis

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 Colpospira according to T. A. Darragh 1970

See also Tate 1893

Sister taxa: Colpospira (Acutospira), Colpospira (Colpospira), Colpospira (Ctenocolpus), Colpospira (Platycolpus), Colpospira acinella, Colpospira platyspira, Colpospira tristira

Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Lakes Entrance Shaft, north-west of Foster's Bore (Pliocene of Australia)

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