Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Alternative combinations: Turritella caronensis, Turritella gatunensis caronensis
Synonym: Turritella willistoni Hodson 1926
Full reference: W. C. Mansfield. 1925. Miocene gastropods and scaphopods from Trinidad, British West Indies. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 66(22):9116-9125
Belongs to Turritella (Broderiptella) according to B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva 2010
See also Landau et al. 2008 and Mansfield 1925
Sister taxa: Turritella (Broderiptella) bifastigata, Turritella (Broderiptella) broderipiana, Turritella (Broderiptella) maiquetiana, Turritella (Broderiptella) mansfieldi, Turritella (Broderiptella) mimetes, Turritella (Broderiptella) planigyrata, Turritella (Broderiptella) variegata
Type specimens:
- Turritella (Broderiptella) caronensis: USNM 352678, a shell
- Turritella willistoni:
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Venezuela (3 collections)
• Miocene of Trinidad and Tobago (3), Venezuela (1)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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