Turritella chicoensis pescaderoensis Arnold 1908 (turret shell)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae

Alternative combination: Turritella pescaderoensis

Full reference: R. Arnold. 1908. Descriptions of new Cretaceous and Tertiary fossils from the Santa Cruz Mountains, California. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 34(1617):345-389

Belongs to Turritella chicoensis according to L. R. Saul 1983

See also Arnold 1908, Elder and Saul 1993, Merriam 1941 and Popenoe 1937

Sister taxa: Turritella chicoensis holzana, Turritella chicoensis perrini

Type specimen: Leland Stanford Junior University 999

Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (7: California collections)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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