Turritella altilira costaricensis Olsson 1922 (turret shell)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae

Full reference: A. A. Olsson. 1922. The Miocene of Northern Costa Rica. Bulletins of American Paleontology 9(39):1-309

Belongs to Turritella altilira according to A. A. Olsson 1922

Sister taxa: Turritella (Bactrospira) altilira tornata, Turritella altilira chiriquiensis

Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Costa Rica (2 collections), Panama (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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