Turritella (Ispharina) tarturensis Awad and Abed 1967 (turret shell)

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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