Turnus Gabb 1864 (clam)

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Teredinidae

Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1864. Description of the Cretaceous fossils. Geological Survey of California Palaeontology 1:57-217

Parent taxon: Teredinidae according to L. R. Cox et al. 1969

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Kuphinae, Terebrimya, Teredininae, Teredinopsis, Teredo, Teredolithus, Teredothyra, Xylotrya

Subtaxa: Turnus gregarius Turnus lacombi Turnus plenus

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Ecology: stationary boring suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Paleocene of Greenland (1 collection)

• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Alberta), Greenland (3), United States (1: California)

• Jurassic of India (1)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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