Turritella (Eurytorus) jacula Gardner 1947 (turret shell)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae

Full reference: J. R. Gardner. 1947. The Molluscan Fauna of the Alum Bluff Group of Florida. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper (142A-H)1-709

Belongs to Turritella (Eurytorus) according to J. R. Gardner 1947

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: USNM 498021, a shell. Its type locality is USGS Loc. 10603 - White's Creek [Shoal River Fm], which is in a Serravallian marine marl/sandstone in the Shoal River Formation of Florida.

Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (2: Florida collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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