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 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 eborides, Pleurotoma faxensis, Pleurotoma harpula, Pleurotoma dalli, Pleurotoma mississippiensis, Pleurotoma gemmata, Pleurotoma cristata, Pleurotoma monterosatoi, Pleurotoma angermanni, Pleurotoma porrecta, Pleurotoma cochlearis, Pleurotoma multinoda, Pleurotoma guibersoni, Pleurotoma newsomi, Pleurotoma clavicularis, Pleurotoma transversaria, Pleurotoma heptagona, Pleurotoma coronifer, Pleurotoma porcelana, Pleurotoma albinoides, Pleurotoma catenata, Pleurotoma sulcata, Pleurotoma scaliae, Pleurotoma nodulosa, Pleurotoma butonensis, Pleurotoma turrella, Pleurotoma intorta, Pleurotoma glabrata, Pleurotoma lineolata, Pleurotoma haydeni, Pleurotoma herklotsi, Turris (Pleurotoma) perissolaxoides, Pleurotoma undata, Pleurotoma rotaedens, Turris (Pleurotoma) nomlandi, Pleurotoma veracruzana, Pleurotoma furcata, Pleurotoma denticulata, Pleurotoma beringi, Pleurotoma dentata, Pleurotoma domenginei, Pleurotoma ocoyana, Pleurotoma congesta, Pleurotoma zapoteca, Pleurotoma turricula, Pleurotoma morreni, Pleurotoma catenata, Pleurotoma (Pleurotoma), Pleurotoma ickei, Pleurotoma bavarica, Pleurotoma speciosa, Pleurotoma abundans, Pleurotoma filosa, Pleurotoma decussata, Pleurotoma sanctaecrucis, Pleurotoma chehalisensis, Pleurotoma marginata, Pleurotoma hilgardi, Pleurotoma curvicosta, Pleurotoma inflexa, Pleurotoma decliva, Pleurotoma ktolemandoensis, Pleurotoma harrisi, Pleurotoma inaudita, Pleurotoma senilis, Pleurotoma transmontana, Pleurotoma striarella, Pleurotoma (Tripia), Pleurotoma curtistoma, Pleurotoma guppyana, Pleurotoma pannus, Pleurotoma schaeferi, Pleurotoma gracilicostata, Pleurotoma turris

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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