Turritella inezana sespeensis Arnold 1907 (turret shell)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Turritellidae

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 Turritella inezana according to C. W. Merriam 1941

See also Arnold 1907 and Loel and Corey 1932

Sister taxa: Turritella inezana altacorona, Turritella inezana bicarina, Turritella inezana equistriata, Turritella inezana hoffmannii, Turritella inezana pertumida, Turritella inezana pervulgata, Turritella inezana santana

Type specimen: USNM 164970

Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (17: California collections)

Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence

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