Subfamily Orectospirinae Habe 1955 (turret shell)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae

Parent taxon: Turritellidae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2017

See also Bouchet et al. 2005

Sister taxa: Actaeonema, Caucasella, Colpospirella, Cristispira, Eligmostoma, Haustator, Incatella, Kapalmerella, Mariacolpus, Nairiella, Omalaxinae, Palmerella, Pareorinae, Protominae, Springvaleia, Torcula, Torquesiella, Trobus, Turriola, Turritellinae, Turritellopsinae, Turritellopsis, Vermiculariinae

Subtaxa: Orectospira

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Type: Orectospira

Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Japan (3 collections)

• Eocene to Oligocene of Japan (1)

• Eocene of Japan (5)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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