Incatella DeVries 2007 (turret shell)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae

Full reference: T. J. DeVries. 2007. Cenozoic Turritellidae (Gastropoda) from southern Peru. Journal of Paleontology 81(2):331-351

Parent taxon: Turritellidae according to T. J. DeVries 2007

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

Subtaxa: Incatella chilensis Incatella cingulata Incatella cingulatiformis Incatella hupei Incatella leptogramma Incatella trilirata

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Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Chile (11 collections), Peru (7)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Chile (2)

• Pliocene of Chile (16), Peru (2)

• Miocene of Chile (4), Peru (20)

• Oligocene of Peru (1)

• Cretaceous of United States (1: Tennessee)

Total: 64 collections including 66 occurrences

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