Tachyrhynchus Mörch 1868 (turret shell)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae

Parent taxon: Turritellinae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2005

See also Allmon 1996, Martin 1904, Rosenberg 2005, Rosenberg et al. 2006, Sepkoski 2002 and Titova 1994

Sister taxa: Archimediella, Banzarecolpus, Callostracum, Coeloconica, Colposigma, Colpospira, Gazameda, Hataiella, Idaella, Maoricolpus, Neohaustator, Nipponocolpus, Oligodia, Reymentella, Sechuritella, Spirocolpus, Torquesia, Tropicolpus, Turritella, Wyatella, Wyattella, Zaria, Zeacolpus, Armatus, Kamchatkella

Subtaxa: Tachyrhynchus erosus Tachyrhynchus giganteus Tachyrhynchus perlaqueata Tachyrhynchus reticulatus Tachyrhynchus subvenustellus

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Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Canada (5: Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nunavut collections), Greenland (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (9: Alaska, California)

Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence

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