Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Alternative combination: Turritella lawsoni
Full reference: R. E. Dickerson. 1916. Stratigraphy and fauna of the Tejon Eocene of California. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 9(17):363-524
Belongs to Turritella andersoni according to C. W. Merriam 1941
See also Dickerson 1916, Hanna 1927, Squires 1984 and Squires and Demetrion 1992
Sister taxa: Turritella andersoni comstockensis, Turritella andersoni glidensis, Turritella andersoni mulleri, Turritella andersoni soledadensis, Turritella andersoni susanae
Type specimen: UCMP 12128
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (1: California collection)
• Eocene of Mexico (3), United States (37: California, Oregon)
Total: 41 collections including 42 occurrences