Turricula excelsa Bohm 1926 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae

Full reference: J. Bohm. 1926. Über Tertiäre versteinerungen von den Bogenfelser diamantfeldern. Beiträge zur geologischen Erforschung der deutschen Schutzgebiete 2:55-87

Belongs to Turricula according to J. Bohm 1926

Sister taxa: Turricula (Crenaturricula), Turricula (Leptosurcula), Turricula (Turricula), Turricula amanda, Turricula aureolata, Turricula beanensis, Turricula bremertonensis, Turricula burroensis, Turricula buwaldana, Turricula calafia, Turricula cooperi, Turricula emerita, Turricula eolavinia, Turricula esdailei, Turricula flammea, Turricula fluctuosa, Turricula hanguensis, Turricula haydeni, Turricula kayalensis, Turricula keaseyensis, Turricula kincaidi, Turricula maculosa, Turricula martini, Turricula mclellani, Turricula nelliae, Turricula nigricans, Turricula ochsneri, Turricula piercei, Turricula plutonica, Turricula praepromensis, Turricula promensis, Turricula rossellae, Turricula sethuramae, Turricula spuria, Turricula taurina, Turricula terryi, Turricula thangaensis, Turricula tornata, Turricula uvasana, Turricula venustula, Turricula waringi, Turricula washingtoniana, Surcula decipiens, Surcula thompsoni, Turricula (Surcula) steinbacherae, Surcula africana, Surcula marylandica, Surcula coaequalis, Surcula andersoni, Surcula piura, Surcula karenaica, Surcula fairbanksi, Surcula clarki, Surcula mayi, Surcula strigosa, Surcula sullana, Surcula wateleti, Surcula iravadica, Surcula binotata, Surcula culleni, Surcula washingtoniana, Surcula polyappellatia, Surcula riomaonis, Surcula cowlitzensis, Surcula labiata, Turris (Surcula) rhines, Surcula holwayi, Surcula ingens, Surcula evermanni, Surcula birmanica, Surcula merriami

Type specimen: Its type locality is Langental, NE of Bogenfels, which is in a Priabonian shallow subtidal siltstone/sandstone in the Langental Beds Formation of Namibia

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Langental, NE of Bogenfels

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