Gastropoda - Trochoidea - Turbinidae
Alternative combination: Astraea topangensis
Full reference: R. Arnold. 1907. New and characteristic species of fossil mollusks from the oil-bearing Tertiary formations of southern California. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 32(1545):525-546
Belongs to Turbo according to R. Arnold 1907
See also Hoots 1931
Sister taxa: Turbo (Callopoma), Turbo (Carswellena), Turbo (Chaenoturbo), Turbo (Dinassivica), Turbo (Euninella), Turbo (Lunatica), Turbo (Lunella), Turbo (Marmarostoma), Turbo (Ninella), Turbo (Olearia), Turbo (Sarmaticus), Turbo (Senectus), Turbo (Subninella), Turbo (Taeniaturbo), Turbo (Turbo), Turbo abbreviatus, Turbo agonistes, Turbo alpinus, Turbo angustus, Turbo biliratus, Turbo bozasi, Turbo bruneus, Turbo cinerea, Turbo cochlearis, Turbo colusaensis, Turbo conformis, Turbo corallii, Turbo denticulatus, Turbo elevatus, Turbo ellipticus, Turbo eurymedon, Turbo fakaauensis, Turbo fallax, Turbo festivus, Turbo gerannae, Turbo gigas, Turbo granulatus, Turbo haudcarinatus, Turbo haynesi, Turbo helicinoides, Turbo hybridus, Turbo inflatus, Turbo intermedius, Turbo jaschianus, Turbo laminiferus, Turbo licas, Turbo lorinae, Turbo magister, Turbo mantelli, Turbo marmoratus, Turbo multistriatus, Turbo naricus, Turbo nodulosocancellatus, Turbo obliquus, Turbo orthostoma, Turbo ozawai, Turbo pendjabensis, Turbo perspeciosus, Turbo petraea, Turbo philippi, Turbo philippii, Turbo picteti, Turbo portentus, Turbo protocepoides, Turbo pseudoundulatus, Turbo pulcher, Turbo radiosus, Turbo regius, Turbo saltus, Turbo sarmaticus, Turbo semiplicatilis, Turbo serratus, Turbo squamulosus, Turbo subaciculus, Turbo subcarinatus, Turbo tenuicingulatus, Turbo thouvignoni, Turbo torosus, Turbo torquatus, Turbo trilineatus, Turbo trimarginata, Turbo trunensis, Turbo undulatus, Turbo vermiculosus, Turbo versicolor, Turbo vixcarinatus, Turbo wilburensis, Turbo zarcoi, Turbo zonatus
Type specimen: USNM 164980, a shell. Its type locality is Head of Topanga Canyon (Arnold 1907), which is in a Miocene coastal siliciclastic in the Topanga Canyon Formation of California.
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (2: California collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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