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 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 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 waringi, Turricula washingtoniana, Surcula merriami, Turricula (Surcula) steinbacherae, Surcula africana, Surcula ingens, Surcula holwayi, Surcula wateleti, Surcula piura, Surcula fairbanksi, Surcula sullana, Surcula binotata, Surcula birmanica, Surcula riomaonis, Surcula coaequalis, Surcula labiata, Surcula strigosa, Surcula thompsoni, Surcula iravadica, Surcula evermanni, Surcula polyappellatia, Surcula decipiens, Surcula karenaica, Surcula washingtoniana, Surcula marylandica, Surcula clarki, Surcula andersoni, Surcula culleni, Turris (Surcula) rhines, Surcula cowlitzensis, Surcula mayi
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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