Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Alternative combination: Vermiculus spiratus
Belongs to Vermicularia according to B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva 2010
See also Hendy et al. 2008 and Perrilliat 1972
Sister taxa: Vermicularia (Anguillospira), Vermicularia (Provermicularia), Vermicularia (Vermicularia), Vermicularia eburnea, Vermicularia knorrii, Vermicularia lumbricalis, Vermicularia pellucida, Vermicularia porrecta, Vermicularia trilineata, Vermicularia woodringi
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Bermuda (1 collection), United States (10: Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina)
• Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (2), Jamaica (3), Mexico (2), Trinidad and Tobago (4), United States (7: Florida, North Carolina)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (3)
• Miocene of Colombia (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1)
Total: 34 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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