Turritella (Turritella) dibleyi Newton 1918 (turret shell)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae

Alternative combination: Turritella dibleyi

Belongs to Turritella (Turritella) according to H. L. Abbass 1962

Sister taxa: Turritella (Turritella) alticostata, Turritella (Turritella) bandongensis, Turritella (Turritella) bantamensis, Turritella (Turritella) bellardii, Turritella (Turritella) gradata, Turritella (Turritella) infracarinata, Turritella (Turritella) producta, Turritella (Turritella) terebra, Turritella (Turritella) tricarinata, Turritella (Turritella) unicarinata

Type specimen: BMNH G. 29362, a shell. Its type locality is Margett's Pit, Burham [Chalk Marl], which is in a Cenomanian carbonate chalk in the Chalk Marl Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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