Turritella (Torquesia) granulata Sowerby 1827 (turret shell)

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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