Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
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 Ptychosyrinx according to C. J. Hickman 1976
See also Hickman 1980
Sister taxa: Gemmula (Ptychosyrinx) lobatopsis, Ptychosyrinx columbiana, Ptychosyrinx hertleini
Type specimen: USNM 216447. 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 of United States (12: Oregon collections)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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