Torquesiella Pcheiincev 1969 (turret shell)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae

Parent taxon: Turritellidae according to N. I. Felt and M. R. Dzhalilov 1985

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Actaeonema, Caucasella, Colpospirella, Cristispira, Eligmostoma, Haustator, Incatella, Kapalmerella, Mariacolpus, Nairiella, Omalaxinae, Orectospirinae, Palmerella, Pareorinae, Protominae, Springvaleia, Torcula, Trobus, Turriola, Turritellinae, Turritellopsinae, Turritellopsis, Vermiculariinae

Subtaxa: Torquesiella subfittoni

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Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at NE Central Asia (Cretaceous of USSR)

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