Turritella (Ispharina) naimi Abbass 1967 (turret shell)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae

Full reference: H. L. Abbass. 1967. A monograph on the Egyptian Paleocene and Eocene gastropods. United Arab Republic, Geological Survey-Geological Museum, Palaeontological Series, Monograph (4)1-154

Belongs to Turritella (Ispharina) according to H. L. Abbass 1967

Sister taxa: Ispharina sulcifera, Turritella (Ispharina) hybrida, Turritella (Ispharina) tarturensis, Turritella (Ispharina) terebellata

Type specimen: G357, a shell.

Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Egypt 5 (Mokattam) (Eocene of Egypt)

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