Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Alternative combinations: Turritella applini, Turritella uvasana applini
Full reference: M. A. Hanna. 1927. An Eocene invertebrate fauna from the La Jolla Quadrangle, California . University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 16(8):247-398
Belongs to Turritella uvasana according to R. L. Squires 1987
See also Hanna 1927, Merriam 1941, Squires 1984 and Squires and Demetrion 1992
Sister taxa: Turritella uvasana aedificata, Turritella uvasana bicarinata, Turritella uvasana chehalisensis, Turritella uvasana etheringtoni, Turritella uvasana hendoni, Turritella uvasana infera, Turritella uvasana neopleura, Turritella uvasana olequahensis, Turritella uvasana sargeanti, Turritella uvasana stewarti, Turritella uvasana tricarinata
Type specimen: UCMP 30971
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (34: California collections)
Total: 34 collections each including a single occurrence