Turris higoensis Nagao 1928 (turrid)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae

Full reference: T. Nagao. 1928. Palaeogene fossils of the Island of Kyushu, Japan Part I. Science Reports of the Tohoku Imperial University 9(3):97-128

Belongs to Turris according to T. Nagao 1928

Sister taxa: Turris (Turris), Turris adendanii, Turris ahmedi, Turris altuscollus, Turris andersoni, Turris babylonia, Turris baudoni, Turris burroensis, Turris cleopatrae, Turris garoensis, Turris gilchristi, Turris hornesi, Turris inconstans, Turris kaffraria, Turris kirkensis, Turris louderbacki, Turris monolifera, Turris multigyrata, Turris suturalis, Turris worcesteri, Pleurotoma turricula, Pleurotoma schaeferi, Pleurotoma marginata, Pleurotoma inflexa, Pleurotoma morreni, Pleurotoma sulcata, Pleurotoma inaudita, Pleurotoma coronifer, Pleurotoma lineolata, Pleurotoma cristata, Pleurotoma monterosatoi, Pleurotoma gemmata, Pleurotoma ickei, Pleurotoma chehalisensis, Pleurotoma undata, Pleurotoma (Pleurotoma), Pleurotoma albinoides, Pleurotoma congesta, Pleurotoma heptagona, Pleurotoma harpula, Pleurotoma sanctaecrucis, Pleurotoma butonensis, Pleurotoma cochlearis, Pleurotoma nodulosa, Pleurotoma catenata, Pleurotoma turris, Turris (Pleurotoma) nomlandi, Pleurotoma beringi, Pleurotoma multinoda, Pleurotoma dalli, Pleurotoma eborides, Pleurotoma transversaria, Pleurotoma curtistoma, Pleurotoma furcata, Pleurotoma catenata, Pleurotoma curvicosta, Pleurotoma haydeni, Pleurotoma denticulata, Pleurotoma turrella, Pleurotoma speciosa, Pleurotoma glabrata, Pleurotoma filosa, Pleurotoma guppyana, Pleurotoma decliva, Pleurotoma (Tripia), Pleurotoma newsomi, Pleurotoma porrecta, Pleurotoma scaliae, Pleurotoma mississippiensis, Pleurotoma ocoyana, Pleurotoma guibersoni, Pleurotoma gracilicostata, Pleurotoma domenginei, Pleurotoma dentata, Pleurotoma rotaedens, Turris (Pleurotoma) perissolaxoides, Pleurotoma veracruzana, Pleurotoma decussata, Pleurotoma transmontana, Pleurotoma ktolemandoensis, Pleurotoma porcelana, Pleurotoma bavarica, Pleurotoma senilis, Pleurotoma faxensis, Pleurotoma pannus, Pleurotoma clavicularis, Pleurotoma zapoteca, Pleurotoma striarella, Pleurotoma herklotsi, Pleurotoma harrisi, Pleurotoma angermanni, Pleurotoma hilgardi, Pleurotoma intorta, Pleurotoma abundans

Type specimen: Its type locality is Coast at Akasemachi, which is in a Lutetian fluvial siltstone in the Akasaki Formation of Japan

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Coast at Akasemachi

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