†Turritella (Ispharina) tarturensis Awad and Abed 1967 (turret shell)
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Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Belongs to Turritella (Ispharina) according to H. L. Abbass 1967
Sister taxa: Ispharina sulcifera, Turritella (Ispharina) hybrida, Turritella (Ispharina) naimi, Turritella (Ispharina) terebellata
Type specimen: G338, a shell.
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Egypt 3 (Tineida) (Paleocene of Egypt)
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