Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Alternative combinations: Torquesia (Ispharina) sulcifera, Torquesia (Ispharina) sulciferus, Turritella (Ispharina) sulcifera, Turritella sulcifera
Belongs to Ispharina according to P. Jeffery and S. Tracey 1997
See also Le Renard 1994, Newton 1922 and Pacaud and Le Renard 1995
Sister taxa: Turritella (Ispharina) hybrida, Turritella (Ispharina) naimi, Turritella (Ispharina) tarturensis, Turritella (Ispharina) terebellata
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Libya (1 collection)
• Eocene of France (2), Italy (1), Nigeria (8), the United Kingdom (9)
Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence
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