Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Alternative combination: Turritella granulata
Belongs to Turritella (Torquesia) according to H. L. Abbass 1962
Sister taxa: Torquesia (Ispharina), Torquesia oppenheimi, Turritella (Torquesia) abbassi, Turritella (Torquesia) akkadi, Turritella (Torquesia) boghosi, Turritella (Torquesia) carinifera, Turritella (Torquesia) elicitatoides, Turritella (Torquesia) faizai, Turritella (Torquesia) hassani, Turritella (Torquesia) mahmoudi, Turritella (Torquesia) nazikae, Turritella (Torquesia) pharaonica, Turritella (Torquesia) saharica, Turritella (Torquesia) tamra, Turritella (Torquesia) vibrayeana, Turritella (Torquesia) wagihi
Type specimen: BMNH G. 43667, a shell. Its type locality is Horizon C, Blackborough, Devon (Blackdown Greensand), which is in an Albian coastal sandstone in the Blackdown Greensand Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Germany (2 collections), the United Kingdom (7)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
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