Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
Full reference: C. J. Hickman. 1976. Bathyal gastropods of the family Turridae in the Early Oligocene Keasey Formation in Oregon, with a review of some deep-water genera in the Paleocene of the Eastern Pacific. Bulletins of American Paleontology 70(292):1-119
Belongs to Turricula according to C. S. Hickman 1980
See also Hickman 1976
Sister taxa: Turricula (Crenaturricula), Turricula (Leptosurcula), Turricula (Turricula), Turricula amanda, Turricula aureolata, Turricula beanensis, Turricula bremertonensis, Turricula burroensis, Turricula buwaldana, Turricula calafia, Turricula cooperi, Turricula eolavinia, Turricula esdailei, Turricula excelsa, Turricula flammea, Turricula fluctuosa, Turricula hanguensis, Turricula haydeni, Turricula kayalensis, Turricula keaseyensis, Turricula kincaidi, Turricula maculosa, Turricula martini, Turricula mclellani, Turricula nelliae, Turricula nigricans, Turricula ochsneri, Turricula piercei, Turricula plutonica, Turricula praepromensis, Turricula promensis, Turricula rossellae, Turricula sethuramae, Turricula spuria, Turricula taurina, Turricula terryi, Turricula thangaensis, Turricula tornata, Turricula uvasana, Turricula venustula, Turricula waringi, Turricula washingtoniana, Surcula ingens, Surcula piura, Surcula thompsoni, Surcula mayi, Surcula binotata, Surcula birmanica, Surcula washingtoniana, Surcula polyappellatia, Surcula sullana, Surcula wateleti, Surcula decipiens, Surcula evermanni, Surcula coaequalis, Surcula iravadica, Surcula merriami, Surcula riomaonis, Surcula strigosa, Turris (Surcula) rhines, Turricula (Surcula) steinbacherae, Surcula andersoni, Surcula holwayi, Surcula labiata, Surcula culleni, Surcula fairbanksi, Surcula marylandica, Surcula karenaica, Surcula africana, Surcula clarki, Surcula cowlitzensis
Type specimen: USNM 216381. Its type locality is Columbia (USGS 25031) - Hickman (1980), which is in a Priabonian deep-water siltstone/mudstone in the Keasey Formation of Oregon.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Oregon collection)
• Eocene of United States (2: Oregon)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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