Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Alternative combination: Turritella altilira
Belongs to Turritella (Bactrospira) according to B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva 2010
See also Anderson 1929, Barrios 1960, Brown and Pilsbry 1911, Jung 1971, Mansfield 1925, Oinomikado 1939, Olsson 1922, Perrilliat 1987, Weisbord 1929 and Woods 1922
Sister taxa: Turritella (Bactrospira) acosta, Turritella (Bactrospira) perattenuata
Subtaxa: Turritella (Bactrospira) altilira tornata Turritella altilira chiriquiensis Turritella altilira costaricensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Colombia (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Colombia (5), Costa Rica (5), the Dominican Republic (2), Ecuador (2), Panama (1)
• Miocene of Brazil (4), Colombia (15), Costa Rica (1), Ecuador (5), Grenada (4), Mexico (3), Panama (54), Peru (2), Trinidad and Tobago (2), Venezuela (8)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Haiti (1)
• Oligocene of Panama (3), Puerto Rico (3), Trinidad and Tobago (1)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Haiti (1)
• Eocene of Peru (1)
Total: 124 collections each including a single occurrence
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