†Turritella altilira chiriquiensis Olsson 1922 (turret shell)
Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Full reference: A. A. Olsson. 1922. The Miocene of Northern Costa Rica. Bulletins of American Paleontology 9(39):1-309
Belongs to Turritella altilira according to T. Oinomikado 1939
See also Mansfield 1925
Sister taxa: Turritella (Bactrospira) altilira tornata, Turritella altilira costaricensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Colombia (2 collections), Costa Rica (2)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence